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Medicines Consumption in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1017

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Medicines Consumption in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1017 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1017 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Tarazevich Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Preamble Pharmaceutical industry is among major industries of Pakistan, and it is a significant and integral part of healthcare in the country.  The volume of drug sales at the pharmacies is over one trillion rupees. The number of drugs runs into thousands. Being largely a generic market, multiple brands of the same drugs. There are over 700 manufacturing companies and a fairly big number of marketing companies.  Generally, Pakistanis are not hypochondriac – means we are not overtly sensitive about our health. We usually don’t like to take medicines and keep finding excuses to stop tre
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Leaders Can Be Vulnerable – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1016

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Leaders Can Be Vulnerable – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1016 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1016 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Nekrashevich Credit: fauxels Credit: Henry Mathieu-Saint-Laurent Credit: RDNE Stock Project Leadership often comes with the pressure to always have the answers, appear strong, and project unwavering confidence. Vulnerability in leadership is often seen as a paradox. Leaders are traditionally expected to project strength, confidence, and decisiveness, but embracing vulnerability can be one of the most powerful tools for building trust, engagement, and authentic connections in a team. The truth is that the most impactful leaders aren’t the ones who never show weakness, but the ones who embrace vulnerability as a strength. In a world where we're conditi
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Pharma Veterans – Concept and Practice – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1015

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Pharma Veterans – Concept and Practice – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1015 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1015 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Designed with Microsoft Designer Designed with Microsoft Designer Preamble Pharma Veterans is a group of senior pharmaceutical professionals which came together to form a core group under the umbrella of ‘Pharma Veterans’ in 2019. Pharma Veterans domain and blogs were launched in 2017 by Asrar Qureshi and had been continuing since. All group members are full time working professionals who take out time occasionally to meet and discuss the industry situation and what may be done. Pharma Veterans Fundamentals Vision Build and Run a Vibrant, Inclusive, Evolving, and Growing Platform for Pharma & Healthcare Industry Veterans Mission 1. To project and c
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Corporate HR Function – Responsibilities and Limitations II – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1014

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Corporate HR Function – Responsibilities and Limitations II – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1014 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1014 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Mizuno K HR – Human Resources Department – as it is mostly referred to, is among key functions in any corporate.  In this 2-part blog post, I have addressed the following points: • What are key functions of HR – in a simplified way • Is HR performing its functions the way it is required to do? If not, what are the limitations? • What should be done to make HR effective and leading? Reasons HR is Not as Effective as it Should Be Ineffective Performance Management Systems Performance management is often seen as a bureaucratic process rather than a tool for employee growt
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Corporate HR Function – Responsibilities and Limitations I – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1013

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Corporate HR Function – Responsibilities and Limitations I – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1013 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1013 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Lubomir Satko Credit: Mikhail Nilov Credit: Ron Lach HR – Human Resources Department – as it is mostly referred to, is among key functions in any corporate. Owing to its importance, the entrepreneurs prefer to keep it directly under them for as long as they can. It is the entrepreneurs’ wish to control the staff tightly, hence the love for HR function. HR is one of the two functions that are very close to the top boss/owner; finance and HR. Finance is about money matters, and HR is about people matters; both are vital areas. In this 2-part blog post, I wish to address the following points: • What are key functions of HR – in
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Islamabad Under Siege – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1012

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Islamabad Under Siege – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1012 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1012 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. News Image News Image News Image News Image Disclaimer: This is not a political post. I do not subscribe to any political party. It is a common person’s problem who is living and working here. Political ideologies died long ago. What is left are pure commercial interests, which do not interest any person who feels she/he has a stake in this country. Friday 4th October 2024 I was doing usual work in the morning, posting blog, sending a few messages for the day, sipping tea and thinking about the day ahead. At 7.00am, the phone service went dead. I don’t have a fixed internet line, the one I have is also data-based device, so the internet also went dead. I knew a political
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Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Barriers and Challenges Persist– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011

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Women in the Workplace 2024 – The 10th Anniversary Report – Barriers and Challenges Persist– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1011 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Johnniel Danao Credit: Katrin Bolovtsova Credit: Yan Krukau Women in the workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The study was launched in 2015 by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co.; current report is the 10th anniversary report. [Link to full text at the end]. I had presented the positive developments that had been reported by the study participants. In this part, we look at the barriers and challenges which persist and continue to stall the progress of women in the workplace. Perception vs Reality 9 in 10 senior level men think that women’s opportunities to ad
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