Well education is terrible here. For the lower classes, people in villages etc, the hope is to be able to work for themselves primarily. If they study to a highschool level (and that education is TERRIBLE), literally just factually incorrect stuff is being taught but anyways, those people may look for some government job later.

The best chance for success is moving to a city and going to a university, normally too expensive for people. For the few who do it can help the family somewhat.

The military also has a hold in people, many wanna join the military.

The cities house the middle-class, most hope to leave Pakistan for a better future. Noone expects a good life in Pakistan.

The young v old issue may be political, imran khan the former pm had a largely young fanbase while other political figures have older fan bases. Other than that, there isn’t much of a cultural shift bw generations. In the upper middle class circles, theres a good bit of westernisation which is the other divide. But that is like 5% of the population at most.

Overall, the youth has no hope for this nation. Dont expect to have a safe future here. Leaving Pakistan to work as a guard or driver etc and living in terrible living quarters is better for people than staying here in many cases.