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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #318 . 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 . Recently, I found a published research on Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices in Pakistan. I was instantly pulled by the subject and browsed through the contents. I would like to share the key findings here. But first, let me introduce the researcher and his research. “ Dr. Rizwan Raheem Ahmed holds B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. in Applied Statistics and Master of Science (MAS) in Human Resource Management from University of Karachi. He also earned MBA (Marketing) from PAF-KIET and MBA (General Management) from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. He also holds MS (Management Sciences) from SZABIST and M.Phil. (Financial Econ...

The Lost People – Blog Post #317 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #317 . 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 . Every country has had a different response and every nation has had a different feel of the Corona Virus. This post is neither about Corona Virus nor about countries; it is about people. We know about other populations through news, views and social media messages. The common running theme has been that everyone was lost; some are still lost. It is also not a criticism on any government; Corona came upon this world so quickly, stealthily and hugely that organized responses were not possible in the beginning. Different races also took it in different manner, somehow bringi...

A Poem to Enjoy – Blog Post #316 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #316 . 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 . Today, I present you with an extraordinary poem from an extraordinary person. Please read the poem first. ANTIDOTES TO FEAR OF DEATH by Rebecca Elson Sometimes as an antidote To fear of death, I eat the stars. Those nights, lying on my back, I suck them from the quenching dark Til they are all, all inside me, Pepper hot and sharp. Sometimes, instead, I stir myself Into a universe still young, Still warm as blood: No outer space, just space, The light of all the not yet stars Drifting like a bright mist, And all of us, and everything Already there But unconstrai...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #315 . 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 . I would like to share an incident which happened just last week. Saturday 11 April. It was off and I was home. At 3.20PM, I received a phone call on my mobile. The CLI showed the call was coming from State Bank of Pakistan. I may mention that I do not have any number of State Bank of Pakistan saved on my phone. However, the number displayed on the screen said ‘State Bank of Pakistan’; the number below was +92 306 8134359. I also noticed that it was a ‘Viber Audio’ call. I picked up the phone. The person on the other end introduced himself as Farhan. He said he was calling from State Bank of Pakistan. We had this conversation...

Inspiring Us – Blog Post #314 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #314 . 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 . Under normal circumstances, we complain about not getting enough motivation from the seniors at work, or from co-workers, or from friends in social circle, or from family at home. Probably this is the most commonly lodged complaint, mostly to no one in particular. It is presented more as a statement of fact. What do we do these days? For those of us whose work is virtually shut down, there is not even #Workfromhome. The motivation, or lack of it from bosses and co-workers is no more relevant. Social activity is at a standstill. The only activity which is happening all the ...