Pakistanis in U.S should do more to invest back home. The burden of Pakistan's remittances is on those residing in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and U.K. I'm sure most of these people don't earn in six figures.
There's a difference, mate.
Your and my conutrymen in Middle East are not given nationality, guaranteed social security and other benefits that these countries offer, allowing our expatriates to integrate with the western societies. After suffering for years to come up in their lives in their home countries, when these people see the benefits and the opportunities that western nations offer with open arms, they feel more wanted and respected there.
So tell me, why will anyone want to come back and invest in either your or my country?
I am talking about Pakistan and India both here.
Take the example of a brilliant Software engineer from either of these countries. He has scored excellent in his academics and is dedicated to making it big in life, but is a straight-forward person who wants ambition but is not good at the crooked ways of coming up in our countries.
He works hard in either of the countries, day and night, for a petty salary (compared to the West) and a promotion vetted by envious seniors, politicizing rivals and egoistic grudges of the company bosses. His ideas are useful for the company but his senior takes these ideas and forwards it to the management as his own and takes the credit. To further demotivate, he doesn't even appreciate this employee and continues to harrow this young hard working man.
Now in his salary, this man has to take care of his family, has NO social security, has NO government benefits, has NO safety guarantee, has NO law system that can correctly address his problem (law is there but it is eternally late). Plus, the costs of food, electricity, property, water etc is touching sky high while he has to grind his @$$ and even fight for what rights he should have.
Fed up, this guy gets frustrated but is not out yet. He collects his savings, searches for a job in US or some European country. The HR guys here don't see his face. They don't see what is his caste or community (HR practises there are better no matter how people are on the streets). They see his talent and what he knows.... they offer him a job which pays him multiple times over what he gets here. His corporate rights are strong. He is not over-worked by egoistic managers and jealous colleagues (not as much as in our countries).
He takes the offer and with his talent, makes it big in the foreign land.
He has his rights and he has successfully utilized them to perform to his optimum.
Tell me... after this, what affiliation or love he will have for his country of origin that didn't let him be what he wanted to be?
Sorry for the long example but it is the story of many Indians/ Pakistanis who have made it big in US or Europe.