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Eid ul Fitr 1446/ 2025 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1087 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1087 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: Mohammed Alim Credit: Omar Alsharawy Credit: Thirdman Prayers, Wishes, Felicitations, and Celebrations on Eid ul Fitr Certainly, Eid brings excitement and happiness. Although in this time and place, the reasons for happiness are becoming more and more elusive.  The world generally has become a dangerous place, much more dangerous for the weak. The rule of power and force and the philosophy of might is right has taken roots firmly. We are the weak ones, and we pay heavily due to it. Closer to home, law and order has crumbled, and people are under severe threats of all kinds. The law enforcement agencies cannot be entirely blamed because the quantum of ...

Eid ul Fitr As It Should Be – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #936 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #936 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. Muslims around the world are celebrating or looking forward to celebrating Eid ul Fitr, one of the two major religious festivals. Eid literally means happiness, and it should bring happiness to all people. Here are a few glimpses of how the Eid should be. Credit: Didno Didno Credit: Ivan Samkov Credit: Kafeel Ahmed Credit: Lisa Fotios Credit: Mayank Baranwal Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz Credit: Nadim Shaikh Credit: Noor Aldin Alwan Credit: Noor Aldin Alwan Credit: PNW Production Credit: Ramatou Diallo Credit: Segun Jana Credit: Sides Imagery Credit: sultan bahoo Credit: Thirdman Credit: Thirdman Credit: Thirdman Credit: Timur Weber Credit: Mufid Majnun Credit: Muhammad Fa...

Eid Holidays ‘Usual’ Confusion – Blog Post #481 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #481. Pharma Veterans welcomes 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. Ramadan is nearing its end and the Eid ul Fitr expectation is growing by the day. The Eid holidays are a subject of speculation and heartburn every year, but this is more so this year. Following reasons are contributing to the confusion and bewilderment. Eid ul Fitr is an occasion when everyone working away from home wishes to go home and join the family in celebrations. The enthusiasm around our Eid is no different from Christmas and Chinese New Lunar Year. The greatest movement of people takes place on Chinese New Lunar Year. Their date changes every year but is known months in advance. People...

Eid ul Fitr Mubarak – Blog Post #333 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #333 . Pharma Veterans welcomes 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 . The Eid is here, finally. There was the usual wait for the announcement of moon sighting. The Minister of Science and Technology had already given his scientific version about Eid on Sunday 24 th . In fact, he had put up a sort of challenge to Ruet e Hilal Committee to give a different verdict if they could. Finally, the RHC announced quite late about moon sighting. The challenge from the Minister was misplaced and unnecessarily arrogant. He could have said the same things more decently and politely but then he would not be Fawad Chaudhry. Ruet e Hilal Committee w...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #332 . Pharma Veterans welcomes 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 . By the time, next blog will be published on Monday 25 th , Eid ul Fitr will be either a day old or on that day. It is therefore good time to exchange Eid Greetings today. Please accept my prayers and wishes on this auspicious occasion. May Allah keep you safe and shower His Blessings upon you. May Allah keep your families and dear ones in His Great Protection. Aameen. Eid ul Fitr is always a happy occasion. There is a long month of fasting culminating in Eid. Those who were fasting feel rewarded; those who did not, feel relieved. This year, Eid is in the shadow of Corona. How the social interaction will take place is s...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #329 . Pharma Veterans welcomes 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 . Ramadan comes every year and so does the confusion about work timings during the holy month. I think the variations have increased with time and it would be good to look at it. I went on an employment to Saudi Arabia in September 2003. I was working with a company manufacturing medical grade PVC resin which was at that time used for making infusion bags, infusion lines, blood lines and disposable syringe plungers. Later, most of these were switched to other polymers like PP. Our business was B to B (Business to Business) and a fair portion was exports. We worked straight hours, 8.00am to 5.00pm, Saturday to Wednesday; 8 ...

Ramadan – the Social Aspect – Blog Post #321 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #321 . Pharma Veterans welcomes 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 . Ramadan Kareem The holy Ramadan of 1441AH has just started. I pray that Allah Protects all of us from the current threat of COVID19, and Allah Gives us ‘taufeeq’ to fast in its true spirit, clean our souls from the dust of sins and wrongdoings, and make amends to become better persons. Aameen. I shall not talk about the religious aspects of Ramadan; I am not qualified to do so. I would rather talk about the social aspects and would like to take you down memory lane to the old times. Ramadan has been a special part of our social landscape for hundreds of ye...

Dear Pharma Veterans! Please accept Heartiest Eid Greetings. Eid Mubarak to you and your immediate and extended families. May this Eid bring you joy and love and fun and peace. Aameen.