I'm sure. Don't get me wrong, it's very very helpful. However, most of the startup life is keeping your head down and working. I can fly to SV at any point, but setting up a team in Pakistan + office space + utilities is only a fraction of 1 programmer being paid in SV.
At such an early stage, survival is all we're focused on. The moment we can afford SV, we'll jump right on over!
That's awesome. I hear a lot here in Canada (as a foreigner here) about the efforts they made decades ago to build an educated workforce for the information economy and a local tech industry. It did great things here and I have to imagine it's great for Pakistan. There are strong engineers and digital artists coming from Pakistan, and in the long term they should be able to stay and have a great career at home.
At such an early stage, survival is all we're focused on. The moment we can afford SV, we'll jump right on over!