u/changeofregime

This is what happens when GenZ decides to protest for their rights in this country

Pakistan’s education reality: tiny pool of graduates, even tinier pool of engineers and still no fulfilling jobs

Pakistan has around 250 million people (25 crore).

When you look closely at higher education, the numbers are honestly shocking.

- Only about 1.86% of the total population has 16 years of education. That’s roughly 4.5–5 million people with a full bachelor’s (BS/BE/BBA, MBBS/BDS, etc.).

- Out of the entire population, registered professional engineers are on the order of 2.5–3 lakh. That’s around 0.1% of the population i.e. roughly one engineer per 900 people.

This even seems too many engineers.

So if you zoom out:

- The overwhelming majority of Pakistanis never reach a full 16‑year degree.

- The group with proper bachelors and professional degrees (including engineers, doctors, etc.) is tiny compared to the population.

- Engineers, in particular, are a very small minority, numerically speaking.

And here’s the paradox:

Despite being part of this small, highly educated slice of society, many 16‑year graduates and engineers can’t find fulfilling work:

- Underemployment is everywhere: engineers doing call center jobs, random admin work, low‑paid teaching, or completely unrelated gigs.

- Decent entry‑level jobs in engineering, tech, and other professional fields are limited and often concentrated in a few cities or sectors.

- Career growth, skill utilization, and workplace quality are so poor that even those who do get jobs feel stuck, undervalued, or permanently “temporary.”

So you end up with a situation where:

- The country has very few engineers per capita, yet the ones it has are either wasted, underpaid, or pushed toward survival mode.

- Families invest heavily (financially and emotionally) to get their kids to 16 years of education, and then watch them struggle to find work worthy of their skills.

- For many, the only “rational” path becomes brain drain: Canada, the Gulf, Europe, Australia, anywhere that offers a real career trajectory and respect for their qualifications.

This is the part that really bothers me:

Does Pakistan has jobs problem OR a talent mismanagement problem.

People often talk about “too many engineers” or “too many graduates,” but if you look at the per‑capita numbers, it’s actually the opposite:

We have too few educated people for our population size, and even those few are pushed to leave.

Curious what others here think:

- Are we okay with being a country that trains a small elite and then exports it?

- What would it take to make staying in Pakistan a rational choice for someone with 16 years of education, especially in engineering and STEM?

- If you’re an engineer or graduate here, what pushed you toward migration or what made you stay despite everything?

Would love to hear experiences, especially from people who’ve either left or tried hard to build a career while staying.

This is total incompetence of Pakistani developers and IT the infrastructure.

​

You cannot transfer, withdraw money for three days!!! Everything is locked.

​

How to deal with medical emergency?

How to deal with emergency payments?

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the transfer of management control, along with a 30 per cent shareholding, in Pakistan National Ship­ping Corporation (PNSC) to the National Logistics Corporation (NLC) for optimum and integrated freight transport through shipping and road networks.

An official statement said the ECC “granted in-principle approval for restructuring of PNSC of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs through sale of 30pc shareholding and transfer of management control to NLC” — an army-run logistics firm working under the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives.

Thousands of people are still under working under forced labor without pay. But the govts priority is not freeing people from suffering BUT unleash more suffering