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Pakistan at 78: Rising Together Towards a Brighter Future – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1146 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1146 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. Muneeb Malhotra   Credit: Dr Photographer Credit: Hamayoon Riaz Preamble 14 August is not just another date in our calendar; it is the heartbeat of our national identity. It is the day when, in 1947, a dream was realized, a homeland where people could live with dignity, freedom, and self-determination. Today, as Pakistan celebrates its 78th Independence Day, we find ourselves reflecting on our journey, a journey filled with struggles, triumphs, and persistent challenges. We cannot deny that our nation has endured many hurdles: political instability, economic struggles, corruption, weak governance, and social inequality...

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...

WIPO Global Innovation Index Report 2022 – Part 5 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #737 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #737 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: Ali Pazani Photo Credit: Google Images Photo Credit: Google Images These two posts are dedicated for Pakistan. Comparison with nearby countries shall follow later. PAKISTAN - II GII Rank #87 – Population 225 million – GDP, PPP 1,157 billion USD – GDP per capita 5,447 USD – Income level, Lower Middle. Out of 132 countries included in this report, Pakistan stood in the second quartile from the base. It means that Pakistan is very l...

WIPO Global Innovation Index Report 2022 – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #736 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #736 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: Ali Madad Sakhirani Photo Credit: Assad Tanoli Photo Credit: RODNAE Production These two posts will be dedicated for Pakistan. Comparison with nearby countries shall follow later. PAKISTAN GII Rank #87 – Population 225 million – GDP, PPP 1,157 billion USD – GDP per capita 5,447 USD – Income level, Lower Middle. Out of 132 countries included in this report, Pakistan stood in the second quartile from the base. It means that Pakista...

Head Hunting Business – Blog Post #378 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #378. 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 role of an effective government is that it acts as facilitator, and motivator for upcoming as well as running businesses. Owing to its reach and understanding it also directs growth and progress in certain directions. All this is done through formulating relevant policies. In Pakistan, we suffer in this area because our elected policy makers are not qualified to undertake this task and other stake holders are not invited. Or, some people with vested interests influence policy making to their advantage while hurting others. Another issue is that we are not con...

POST-INDEPENDENCE DAY THOUGHTS – Blog Post #369 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #369. 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 . Independence Day came and went. We had a set of usual activities to celebrate Independence Day with ‘zeal and zest’. Some usual TV programs which were fitted into long commercials. The anchors and participants get younger and though they certainly express excitement, but they have relative lack of knowledge of Pakistan concept, the value of freedom and our responsibilities as the citizens of Pakistan. At the street level, the usual things went on. There were displays of lights, there were flags on the houses and cars and some buntings here and there. The street urchins cam...

  INDEPENDENCE DAY – Blog Post #368 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #368. 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 .   FELICITATIONS TO ALL PAKISTANIS ON  INDEPENDENCE DAY Counting 14 August 1947 as the First Independence Day, Today is 74 th Independence Day. It will correspond to 73 rd Anniversary of Independence. All good things can only be appreciated if these are seen in comparison with their opposites. Similarly, Independence shall only be understood and recognized when seen in relation to living under an alien regime, most likely as a minority. Muslims in India are a case in point. Their number was 182 million in 2017 and may be close to 200 million now; almost same as the Mus...

Eid ul Azha 2020 – Blog Post #362 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #362. 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 .   Eid ul Azha Mubarak !!! I pray that Allah Grants relief to all of us from difficulties. Aameen I pray that Allah Makes it easy for us to overcome losses. Aameen Eid ul Azha is here. Like Eid ul Fitr, this Eid is also shadowed by COVID19. I pass by two goat/cattle markets on the way to and from office. The number of visitors has been rising every day. The notice says ‘No Entry Without Mask – Fine for Violation Rs. 500’. The buyers are wearing masks diligently. I wish to raise few questions here. It is interesting to note that on every Eid ul Azha, lot of people spend a lot of time...