Originally Posted by dazedandconfused

Although this is not a religious forum but do keep in mind that a banking job is considered haram in Islam. So if currently you are not working in a bank I will advise you to avoid making the switch to the banking sector (I mean conventional banking not Islamic).

But if you are hell bent on doing this job :p then clearly the YPIP program is better for you mainly because it gives you the option of working in your own city, which is a great plus for any job as settling in a new city and especially one in which the security situation isn't ideal is a very difficult thing to do. I myself had to let go of a couple of job offers from Karachi just for the reason that I don't want to put my parents and family in a position where they have to call after every hour just to make sure that I am fine.