They left and years later they returned - these are ex-Pakistanis. A weird bunch they are. No matter what, nothing will ever make them happy.
They were miserable when they had gone, found fault in virtually everything - made no attempt to put in their share to fix those things - they just went away. The country called Pakistan was like the child they had once left - those memories were etched in their minds. Years later when they returned - they imagined they would be coming to the same country they had left behind. They had abandoned everything when they went away so they had nothing left to stay back.
They are angry because everything has changed - everything is bigger - perhaps not necessarily better. Its like the story of the villager Raju who left his village Katchi to start living in the town called Neker. Raju struggled for years, lived in the slum of Neker after years of struggling and having made some money to show off how successful he his to the people in Katchi. But much to Raju's dismay, Katchi is no longer a village but has become a town just like Nekker and everyone is just as rich as Raju is or many times more prosperous. Raju hated Katchi when it was a village because it was boring and dull, there were limited business and job opportunities. Now that Katchi had become almost like Nekker a lively cosmopolitan place - he was horrified, because now he could no longer impress anyone. His disappointmet turns into rage, he starts looking around for reasons condemning Katchi, telling everyone in Katchi how much nicer Nekker is better than Katchi and how well he is doing in Nekker(although he is living in a slum).
So all these ex-Pakistanis forget is that things never remain the same - they change. Pakistan looks stranger particularly those who have come here after several decades. Now the pace of change is much faster now. If a person leaving the country three or four years ago unless he is in constant contact, he will find it hard to adjust when he returns.
Former journalists and some other people who just want to have a piece published - which appear some newspapers and magazines. Those articles only expose the shallowness of the ex-Pakistanis. The very things they sought in their adopted home country they are now finding in Pakistan, this seriously disappoints them.
Now ordinary Pakistanis; without ever having left the country have the things which the ex-Pakistanis imagined would never be available here. Nearly all these ex-Pakistanis are absolute bigots, they always find one reason or another to hate Pakistan, instead of being specifict about what in particular they find wrong. They simply hate the country and the people in general.
Those who rarely give some details about what they do not like and later asked if they have any solutions for the problem, they flatly refuse to give any. One of the standard reasons they give is that, they are no longer Pakistani citizens hence are no longer obliged to help the country in any way.
They much rather live in poverty in their adopted country instead of coming back to Pakistan to live a reasonably respectable life. They were bigots when the left Pakistan and most probably transformed into masochists as well after leaving.
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