The wealthiest Parsis are still located east of the Suez Canal. The maximum number of charities still emanate from there and are utilized in Asia. In contrast, Australia, New Zealand, western Europe and North America have good social welfare systems which may not warrant massive religious charities.
The highest percentage of professionals in the total Parsi population lives west of Suez. Two major migrations of Zoroastrians took place: one after the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979 and the second during the decade-long term of Gen Zia-ul-Haq as President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988, because he introduced the......