Or how Pakistan’s minority non-Muslim population has been decimated since independence (while that of India has increased? India, which you felt the need to bring in to the conversation for no reason whatsoever when this is article is about PIA air crew that has nothing to do with India whatsoever?)

I know a thing or two about Pakistan, and it’s not and has never been a theocracy. It’s also increasingly indistinguishable from its much larger neighbor India, except that India has had more churches being attacked by religious extremists in the last two years than Pakistan has. While Pakistan has far fewer religious minorities than India, Pakistan is in a steady of religionized political bankruptcy and anti-democratic practices while India is in an increasingly worsening state and becoming less and less distinguishable as a democracy than Pakistan. Except in Pakistan it’s the alcohol-chugging generals who pull the strings while in India it’s the Nazi-inspired RSS that pulls the strings for an increasingly fascist state.

Was only suggesting the alternatives for safety reasons and guaranteed hygiene in nice restaurants in dubai/london (even in pakistan the high end/clean places may not necessarily have the best tasting food!).

And I’ve known more than a few people who did assignments in countries like Germany and most would have loved to have stayed there longer so it just depends on the person.

It would be tough for a person to completely abandon their parents/friends but sometimes the chance of a new life is better for them in the long term.