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   hak
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 04:41 PM 
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My nephew has recently got admission in Lahore University, at Raiwind road in pharmacy.It will be a 5 year course after which he will be given "Docctor of pharmacy" degree.Is this profession demanding in our country or in the gulf and are there enough jobs for such graduates.Please advise.
Ali3 replied on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 05:16 PM 

Although I'm not an expert on this, but I think this is not a "in-demand" or a money making profession, at least in Pakistan. Even in Gulf, i don't think the salaries for this profession will be high. Ofcourse, destiny also plays a major role in money making.
Dr Usman replied on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 05:43 PM 

AOA,I personally think in every field if a person works hard he can make a good future. Regarding pharmacy I personally think it is a good field and one can make handsome money provided that he obtains his degree from good institute and with good grades. i don't think university of lahore is a good institute for this purpose.
Other options could be BCS from fast,lums,giki, nust.
Regards
Nadeem replied on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 06:55 PM 

I am a Pharmacist with M-Phil degree in Pharmacy from Zakariy Univ. Multan, Pakistan.
Since the start of 5-year Pharm-D degree in Pakistan replacing 4-year B-Pharmacy I think this profession's demand is increasing and I see in future the demand of Pharmacists will be high, not in Pakistan but abroad.
I got excellent oppurtunities to work in this profession right from the beginning. I was selected by PPSC(Grade-17) in Health Dept., govt. job with Govt. of Dubai, presently working with Govt. of Abu-Dhabi in one of the leading hospitals.
Besides I have been able to earn good money as well sicne I got good job oppurtunities but it depends how much one get oppurtunity in Pakistan or abroad.
One drawback with this profession or with all medical fields is that if one goes to USA or Canada or UK or Gulf one has to pass the registration exams which is different in every country which is quite frustating sometime.
To work is Pharmacy profession is not a joke. It is a serious business since any serious mistake can take patient life as well. So one must take this profession seriously should be knowledgable about medicines not like in Pakistan where unqualified people can work in private pharmacies of hospitals.
I would suggest for your nephew to decide himself if he likes this profession.
My suggestion is if he is committed for this profession then he should try to get admission in some reputed institution for Pharm-D and after getting Pharm-D degree he should do MBA in Health Care Management and then belive me he can go any where and get excellent jobs in leading hospitals of the world. I again emphasize to get MBA in Health Care Management after Pharm-D.
USA and Australia are very good for Pharmacist.

Nadeem
Senior Pharmacist
Tawam Hospital
Alain, UAE
HAli replied on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:28 AM 

Dear Mr. Nadeem,

Would you please provide me your email as I would like to discuss certain things.

Regards,
hak replied on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 03:07 PM 

Ali3, i am also of the same impression that in Pakistan, this profession in not much demanding specially when compared to engineers, doctors, MBA, even IT graduates.It has got a very limited scope same like bio-medical engineers.
Nadeem, thanks for explaining in detail.But i am much interested in knowing its scope in Pakistan. We are people with limited resources and would definitely expect him to be an earning hand immediately after completing his degree through this profession.I feel that he would relly have to struggle to integrate himself in the Pakistan job market after completing the degree.
Nadeem replied on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 06:08 PM 

Dear Mr. HAli
my email is

Mr. hak
In pakistan this profession is good only if your nephew after doing Pharm.D plus MBA marketing joins some multinational pharmaceutical company for some marketing job only then he can earn much.
But if your nephew after getting pharm-D is able to go to USA then he can mint money like anything
Nadeem
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