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State of Healthcare in Pakistan – Part 6 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #789 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #789 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: Domineves Anthony Photo Credit: Zakir Rushanly Healthcare stands on three pillars: Healthcare related policies; Public and private health infrastructure; and availability of diagnostic and treatment tools, the last one also includes easy access to drugs. We shall review each of these in some detail to understand the entire healthcare landscape. The information is gathered from several sources, and references are given at the bottom. Private Health Infrastructure – Issues and Opportunities  According to some stati...

State of Healthcare in Pakistan – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #784 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #784 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: Karolina Grabowska Photo Credit: Laura James Photo Credit: Anna Shvets Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, with a population of over 220 million, a figure which is likely to increase after the current census gets done. We still prefer to call ourselves ‘a developing country, though we have fast degraded as an ‘underdeveloped’ state. Our economy has nosedived, our governance is at its worst ever, our politics is at it dirtiest, and our people, businesses, workers, officers, decision makers, law enforcers, and reformers are at t...

Public and Private Sector Careers – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #742 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #742 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: Andrea Piacquadio Photo Credit: Antoni Shkraba Everyone, including myself, propagates that one should plan, monitor, and control her/his career. In the same breath, we say that one should stick to an organization to get recognized and upgraded. Then there are others who say it all depends on luck, nothing else. For the latter, no logic can be given though at times it seems that luck has prevailed over competence and performance. Given this uncertain situation, how can one gain control over career evolution? We shall examine these questions in this and the...