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World Population Trajectory – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1154 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1154 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Airam Dato-on Credit: Elias Alex Credit: Kindel Media Summary This blog post is based on a UN report. Link at the end. The world's population is projected to continue growing for the next 50 to 60 years, peaking at approximately 10.3 billion by the mid-2080. After reaching this peak, it is expected to gradually decline to around 10.2 billion by the century's end. Currently, one in four people lives in a country where the population has already peaked. Fertility rates are declining, with women bearing on average, one child less fewer than in 1990, resulting in a global fertility rate of 2.3 live births per woman as of 2024. Life expectancy is on th...

Deflation in China – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Bryanken Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Mr. Dong In Pakistan, we are suffering from severe inflation. The prices are going up and the government is adding fuel to fire by raising prices of fuel, electricity, gas, crop buying, and by increasing wages of government employees by 35%. Every increase in this area adds to inflation. People are suffering hugely while the government does not seem to care. We are almost in a state of hyperinflation and the life is really biting everyone. While inflation represents rising prices, its opposite is ‘deflation’ which represents...

WIPO Global Innovation Index Report 2022 – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #735 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #735 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. These blog posts are based on WIPO – World Intellectual Property Rights Report on Global Innovation Index 2022. Photo Credit: Cottonbro Studios Photo Credit: Craig Adderley There is no point in comparing with the top 6 countries because the disparity is too great. However, the finding may be looked at to understand the relationship between various pillars.  For better understanding, I shall take the top 6 countries and 9 countries below rank #30. Pakistan is included and shall be compared with likewise countries. Finally, Pakistan shall be focused ...

Belief, Business and Corporate Culture – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #676 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #676 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: iStock Photo Credit: Charl Durand It is an interesting thesis to see how religious and cultural beliefs may affect business philosophy and practices. In Pakistan, there is increasing trend in the business community to subscribe to visibly religious practices. For example, if you happen to go to market during Ramadan in Karachi, at the beginning of the day, you will find most shopkeepers reciting Qura’an. This is the opening of the day. During Ramadan, the charity increases manifold; rations are distributed to the poor, Sehar and Iftar meals ...