From brain drain to brain gain: An insight in to human capital flight from Pakistan

Brain drain (BD), also known as Human Capital Flight (HCF) refers to migration of skilled and or educated from developing to developed countries. In actual the phenomenon is no more one way from the developing to developed, rather many developed countries are experiencing the same like from Eastern Europe to west and north. The term first coined by the British Royal Society during mid 20th century, then referred to the outflow of scientists and technologists to USA and Canada. The word brain refers to any special expertise and the drain refers to its exit in one direction and rate of exit is considered more than normal. The research on the subject has different social and economical aspects. The phenomenon has taken a new dimension in the last two decades referring it to brain gain, brain circulation, brain exchange etc where in, it's always used negative connotation is redirected towards its potential gains for the exporting countries.