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Probable Reasons for Diabetes Explosion in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #818 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #818 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: Pavel Danilyuk Photo Credit: Zubair Abbasi Photo Credit: Mikhail Nilov My last post about Pakistan becoming number #1 in diabetes prevalence raised quite a bit of interest, surprise, concern, and disbelief. I also mentioned that obesity in our population is much lower than many other countries, so there would be other probable reasons for such high prevalence.  I am taking from two published research articles and a news report for the German publication DW. Research article titled ‘Type 2 diabetes prevalence in Pakistan: what is dri...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #770 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #770 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: Artem Podrez Photo Credit: Christina Morillo Photo Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Photo Credit: Muffin Creatives Continued from Previous…… When I started this discussion four weeks ago, I had not thought about taking this discussion to twelve blog posts, but the arguments kept coming up which could not be ignored. I shall now conclude and complete this discussion. SUM UP I started by coining the term ‘Tired Organizations’, which is not a standard term. I have seen several struggling organizations, but the struggle differs entirely.  All ...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Part 10 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #769 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #769 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: Kampus Production Photo Credit: George Milton Photo Credit: RODNAE Production Continued from Previous…… We continue with the suggested cures.  Implement/ Update Technology Technology has helped to revolutionize the way work is done in every sector, and it is not just about technology industry. Have you been to an embroidery unit lately? One design made by computer and copied into the HMI – Human Machine Interface – is embroidered on a length of cloth simultaneously by 10 – 100 machines in synchronization; the sight is not just aweso...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Part 9 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #768 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #768 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: fauxels Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Continued from Previous…… After having looked at the appearance, symptoms of the tired organizations, and the reasons why these are so, we now come to the cures. Turning around a tired organization will take serious, concerted, and consistent effort, but it is quite possible and viable. In many ways, it is still better than establishing a new enterprise. The enterprise is already there, revenue stream is there, the enterprise in earning some profit, functions are clarified, staff...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #761 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #761 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. Blackberry Bold Photo Credit: Karolina Grabowska Nokia 3310 Photo Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Continued from Previous…… We continue our discussion on tired organizations, which are those who have been left behind in time for various reasons, who now move slowly and painfully, and who appear to have lost hope also. The pace of change is fast and furious; individuals or organizations who do not move at the same pace keep falling behind. We take up the next reason which is so critical that it became the undoing of many huge businesses. Failure to See the ...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #760 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #760 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: cottonbro studio Photo Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Justice M. Rustam Kayani (1902 – 1962) was among the most well-known and well-respected jurists who served as Chief Justice of West Pakistan from 1958 to 1962. At that time West Pakistan and East Pakistan were two units of Pakistan; the provinces were not recognized as separate administrative structures. Justice Kayani is known for his wit, his uprightness, his principles, and his opposition to Ayub Khan’s dictatorship. His following verses are known to so many even if they did not know who sa...