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Youth Unemployment Despite Good Education – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 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: Edmond Dantés Credit: Yaroslaw Shuraeva Preamble This blog post is based on several expert opinions. Link at the end. The Lost Opportunity: Why the World Must Act on the Youth Jobs Crisis Around the world, millions of young people are doing what society has always asked them to do. They stay in school. They earn degrees. They acquire skills. They prepare for the future. And then they discover that the future has no place for them. The growing shortage of meaningful employment opportunities for young people is emerging as one of the defining economic and social challenges of our time. What was once considered a temporary transition betwee...

 Five Global Trends in Business and Society in 2025 – 5 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1067 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1067 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: Nischal Mudennavar Credit: Khalid Khan Credit: Mido Makasardi Credit: Nadine Sh This post is based on an INSEAD survey and report. Preamble The INSEAD article "Five Global Trends in Business and Society in 2025" identifies key challenges and opportunities that businesses should address this year. 1. Climate Change 2. Geopolitical Crises 3. Economic Uncertainty 4. Social Instability 5. Income and Wealth Inequality The article emphasises the need for businesses to proactively engage with these issues to foster a more equitable and sustainable society. We take these trends one by one in discussion. Income and We...

Professor Dr. Claudia Goldin – Winner of Nobel Prize 2023 for Economic Sciences – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #892 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #892 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. Professor Dr. Claudia Goldin Credit: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz Credit: Swastik Arora News – Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel in Economics for Studying Women in the Workforce – New York Times Similar news flashed across many platforms as Professor Goldin was chosen for Nobel Prize. She is only the third woman to have won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and the first one to win it solo. Nobel Prize carries a prize amount of 11 million Swedish crowns (US$ 986,000) besides being the highest award recognizing the most valuable contributio...

Girls in Education in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #890 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #890 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. Credit: Anastasiya Gepp Credit: George Dolgikh Credit: Julia M Cameron Credit: Nicole Berro Let us talk about the great achievements girls are making in education. Pass by any road and we see large billboards displaying extraordinary results obtained by girls, their names, and pictures (mostly) are shown. I wish to raise a point here that it is inappropriate that the names and pictures of young, innocent girls are displayed publicly. Given the pathetic mentality our males have, it could pose risk for anyone of them. There is no doubt that girls are beating the boys in ...

Encouraging Bad and Expecting Good – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #841 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #841 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: Mikhail Nilov Photo Credit: Markus Spiske Photo Credit: Asad Photo Maldives Photo Credit: Atta Putta Gunawan James Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He is a regular contributor to HBS Working Knowledge, and his articles are always deeply thought provoking. Primary thought for this post comes from his August 2023 article titled ‘As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?’. ( Link at the end ). His article focuses on corporates, which I shall take up in the next post with particular reference to ...

Peter Pan Syndrome and Pakistani Males – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #803 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #803 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: Victoria Rain Google Images Photo Credit: Mohamed Abdelghaffar Peter Pan syndrome refers to a psychological condition or behavioral pattern in which an individual, typically a male, refuses or struggles to mature and take on adult responsibilities. The term is derived from J.M. Barrie's character Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up and remains in a state of perpetual youth in the imaginary ‘Neverland’. People with Peter Pan syndrome often exhibit a reluctance or inability to embrace the responsibilities and challenges of adulthood. They may avoid com...

Harnessing the Energy of Youth – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #802 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #802 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: Ahmad Zakaria Photo Credit: Mahmoud Gamal Photo Credit: Suraphat Nuea-on Last Saturday evening, I was invited as chief guest at a residential college on the passing out of their class 12. The college admits students in grade 6 only, and then they live there for seven years and pass out after completing class 12 – FSc. The entire student body was present in the auditorium along with their teachers. The auditorium environment was live with excitement, emotions, and above all, palpable energy. I am still wondering if we, the elders, parents, and teachers are do...

OBITUARY – ALI RAZA ALVIE – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #751 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #751 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. Ali Raza Alvie Ali Raza Alvie Ali Raza Alvie Mr. Ali Raza Alvie passed away on 27 January 2023 after a brief illness. He had turned 51 in January 2023.  Ali Raza was an extraordinary person, and worth knowing. He must be seen as a professional and as a person to get to know him. Ali Raza earned a degree in civil engineering from Arizona State University, and came back to join his father’s construction company, HAKAS Private Limited. After a short stint, he was assigned to Ali Medical Center business which he took over fully. Ali Medical is presently a highly regarded medi...

Education in Pakistan – Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #684 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #684 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. Single National Curriculum - SNC The curriculum refers to what is taught in a particular grade, course, and subject. It is an interactive, system of instruction and learning with specific goals, topics, strategies, measurement, and resources. Single National Curriculum – SNC has been designed as a single vision. It is based on the concept of universal education for all. It has a single curricular structure that applies to all classes, and the medium of instruction remains the same from grade 1 to 12.  Single National Curriculum became talk of the town when it was ...