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Deflation in China – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #840 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: Bryanken Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Mr. Dong In Pakistan, we are suffering from severe inflation. The prices are going up and the government is adding fuel to fire by raising prices of fuel, electricity, gas, crop buying, and by increasing wages of government employees by 35%. Every increase in this area adds to inflation. People are suffering hugely while the government does not seem to care. We are almost in a state of hyperinflation and the life is really biting everyone. While inflation represents rising prices, its opposite is ‘deflation’ which represents...

Employee Engagement – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #689 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #689 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. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SITUATION IN PAKISTAN We may not have as many detailed statistics available for Pakistan, but based on long experience in various organizations, interactions with many other people and corporates, we understand that employee engagement is not a priority agenda in Pakistan. The problem is seen on both sides: the employers do not want to invest money and paid time on such activities; and the employees are not highly motivated either. There are generational differences also, where older generations find employee engagement unnecessary, and younger generatio...