Sikander Choudry

Executive Member @ PEMRA

[omar r quraishi @omar_quraishi]

SBP makes key changes to house loan regulations

- You can get a loan of up to 90% of a property’s value

- You can have a debt burden of up to 65% of your disposable income

- Max loan tenure increased to 30 years

[Sikander Choudry @ChoudrySikander]

@IamHaiderSN @LegiMian 💯

[Yousuf M.Farooq @YousufMFarooq]

🇵🇰Pakistan’s Fiscal performance has been outstanding.

We can argue over how the adjustment was achieved—higher levies, taxation choices, spending priorities, or whether there were better ways to get there. Those are valid debates.

But the adjustment itself was absolutely necessary.

A country cannot sustainably run 7–8% fiscal deficits, persistent primary deficits and ever-rising debt servicing costs. Moving from a primary deficit of 3.1% of GDP in FY22 to a 2.9% surplus in FY26, while bringing the overall deficit down to 2.6% of GDP, is a major achievement.

Criticize the route where necessary. But acknowledge the destination. Pakistan badly needed fiscal discipline, and these numbers are worth applauding.

[Sikander Choudry @ChoudrySikander]

Pakistan’s standing in the world has changed significantly over the past year, with renewed confidence and a stronger voice internationally.

There’s still a long way to go, but lots to be optimistic about. 🇵🇰

Pakistan Zindabad!

[Raza Ahmad Rumi @Razarumi]

'King Salman thanks Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Erdogan and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif for their efforts at the Makkah Joint Defense Summit..'

[Dr. Ali BAKIR (علي باكير) @AliBakeer]

🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰 My 50 cents to #Aljazeera-English on "Which other countries could join the #Türkiye-#Saudi-#Pakistan defence pact?"

Ali Bakir, professor of international relations, security and defence at Qatar University, said #Egypt’s inclusion would “significantly increase the pact’s political weight, regional influence and operational effectiveness” if it materialises.

For Bakir, #Cairo’s decision will come down to how it weighs the benefits of membership against the diplomatic complications.  Egypt’s decision on whether to join the pact will hinge on the level of “strategic value” it believes it brings as well as its ability to “manage relations with countries whose interests” contrast with or even “actively oppose” the alliance, he said.

Bakir similarly identified #Qatar as the “most natural” Gulf state to opt in with #Kuwait another possible candidate. He also said #Azerbaijan, #Syria and #Jordan could also join “relatively quickly”.

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[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

تشرفت اليوم بالتوقيع على اتفاقية مكة للدفاع المشترك إلى جانب أخوي العزيزين، صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود، ولي العهد ورئيس مجلس الوزراء في المملكة العربية السعودية، وفخامة الرئيس رجب طيب أردوغان، رئيس جمهورية تركيا.

ويجسد هذا الاتفاق التاريخي وحدة ثلاث دول شقيقة، تجمعها روابط العقيدة والأخوة الراسخة، وتوحدها إرادة صادقة ورؤية مشتركة لترسيخ دعائم السلام والأمن والاستقرار، وصون مصالح شعوبها وخدمة أمتها.

وأسأل الله عز وجل أن يجعل هذه الاتفاقية المباركة، التي أبرمت في رحاب الحرمين الشريفين، حصنا منيعا للسلام، ودعامة للاستقرار، ومنارة للتعاون والتكامل بين بلداننا الشقيقة عبر الأجيال، وأن يبارك في ثمارها، لتكون سببا في المزيد من الرخاء والازدهار لشعوب دولنا الثلاث، وخيرا ونفعا للأمة الإسلامية جمعاء.

كما أود أن أعرب بصفة خاصة عن خالص تقديري وعظيم امتناني للمشير سيد عاصم منير، الذي كان لجهوده المتواصلة، وإخلاصه الراسخ، وتفانيه الاستثنائي، بالغ الأثر في إنجاح هذا المسعى التاريخي، وتحويل هذه الرؤية المشتركة إلى واقع يخدم مصالح أوطاننا ويعزز أمن منطقتنا واستقرارها.

[Öznur Küçüker Sirene @SireneOznur]

Farkındaysanız bugün imzalanan anlaşma Riyad değil, Mekke Anlaşması. Tabii ki bu tercih tesadüf değil. Mekke'nin İslam dünyası için önemi düşünüldüğünde bu anlaşmanın "İslam NATO'su" olarak adlandırılan güvenlik ittifakının ilk adımı olduğu düşünülebilir. Daha sonraki süreçte bu üçlü anlaşmaya başka Müslüman ülkeler de dahil olacaktır. Tabii ki böyle bir ittifakın İsrail açısından ne derece rahatsız edici olacağını tahmin edebilirsiniz. Bölgedeki güç dengesi tamamen değişecek. Evet bu, İslam dünyasının uyanıp harekete geçtiği ilk gün olabilir. Özellikle Gazze halkı ve Filistin'in geleceği için hayırlara vesile olmasını temenni ediyorum.

[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan @RTErdogan]

Bugün Suudi Arabistan Veliaht Prensi ve Başbakanı Muhammed bin Selman’ın nazik davetine icabetle Mekke-i Mükerreme’ye bir ziyaret gerçekleştirdik.

Ziyaretimde aziz kardeşlerim Suudi Arabistan Veliaht Prensi ve Başbakanı Muhammed bin Selman ve Pakistan Başbakanı Şahbaz Şerif’le bir araya geldik.

Bu vesileyle üç ülke olarak Ortak Savunma Anlaşması imzaladık.

Kolektif caydırıcılığı temel alan bu anlaşma, güvenlik ve savunma iş birliğimizin ilerletilmesine, savunma sanayisinde ortak projeler geliştirilmesine ve terörizmle mücadeleye katkı sağlayacaktır.

BM Şartı’nın 51’inci maddesinde tanımlanan savunma hakkını da teyit eden anlaşma, hiçbir ülkeyi hedef almadığı gibi bölgemizin huzurunu, refahını ve istikrarını amaçlayan tüm kardeş ülkelerin katılımına açıktır.

Türkiye, bölgesel sahiplenme vizyonu doğrultusunda çatışma ve krizlerin uluslararası hukuka saygı temelinde, diyalog ve diplomasiyle çözüme kavuşturulmasına yönelik ilkeli tutumunu kararlılıkla sürdürecektir.

Ziyaretimizin, istişarelerimizin ve imzaladığımız anlaşmanın tüm bölgemiz için hayırlara vesile olmasını Rabb’imden niyaz ediyorum.

[Nadeem Farooq Paracha @NadeemfParacha]

And then there were three. More expected. A major regional alignment.

[Kamran Yousaf @Kamran_Yousaf]

BREAKING

Its official: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan have signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement at a trilateral summit in Makkah.

The pact states that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be considered an attack on all, while significantly expanding defence cooperation and collective deterrence.

[Sikander Choudry @ChoudrySikander]

@Huk06 As the saying goes…eat my shorts man !

[Prime Minister's Office @PakPMO]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, today, launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Prime Minister Office System (PMOS), describing it as a transformative digital platform that will modernise governance by recording, communicating, monitoring and tracking every directive issued by the Prime Minister from issuance through implementation, verified completion and post-completion monitoring.

Addressing the launch ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office, the prime minister directed all relevant authorities to ensure the immediate and full implementation of the new AI-based system, making it clear that traditional paper-based working would be replaced by digital processes.

"From today onwards, I will not expect any of you with a file in your hands. Everything will be discussed through this mechanism," the prime minister said.

He praised Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja and Secretary IT for their efforts in developing and operationalising the system.

He urged all ministries and government departments to adopt the platform, saying it would significantly improve the government's ability to deliver results. "This would make service delivery easier," he remarked.

The ceremony was attended by Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja, and other senior officials.

During the ceremony, the prime minister was given a comprehensive briefing on the AI-powered platform and its objectives.

The prime minister was informed that PMOS was the first government platform in Pakistan to integrate artificial intelligence as a central component of decision-making and implementation monitoring, calling it a trailblazer for the digital transformation of the federal government.

According to the briefing, PMOS had been developed at the centre of government to ensure efficient communication of the prime minister's directives throughout the government machinery while enabling timely implementation in accordance with defined quality standards.

The system also serves as a secure technology-driven decision-support platform by integrating analytics and structured information within a protected IT environment.

During the briefing, it was informed that PMOS would facilitate continuous policy calibration by enabling the government to utilise technological, human and financial resources more effectively to generate better economic outcomes.

By introducing the platform at the Prime Minister's Office, the government intends to embed governance reforms at the highest level before extending them across the wider administrative structure.

At the heart of the platform is a comprehensive digital repository that records every directive issued by the prime minister together with the complete chain of implementation, making PMOS both an institutional knowledge base and a permanent record of government decision-making.

Unlike conventional government tracking systems, the briefing explained, PMOS incorporates an artificial intelligence layer capable of reading, classifying and analysing directives rather than merely storing them.

[Badar Shahbaz 🇵🇰 @BSWarraich]

From today onwards, I will not expect to see anyone in my office carrying a file in his hand. Everything will be discussed through this mechanism.

~ Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addresses the inauguration ceremony of the state-of-the-art AI-based tracking and decision-making system at the Prime Minister's Office

#IndusRASExpo2026

[Sher Khan @K4anSh3r]

England is playing beautiful football. Argentines are playing rugby.

[Haroun Rashid @HarounRashid2]

Argentina play rough and foul with impunity safe in the knowledge that yellow and red cards are only for their opponents!

[U @umi_alam]

At some point the English fans need to start singing don’t cry for me Argentina!!!

[Sikander Choudry @ChoudrySikander]

@HarounRashid2 1966 ~~ 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Sikander Choudry @ChoudrySikander]

The Egyptian goalie is incredible !

[farrukh saleem @SaleemFarrukh]

1. One of the world's largest banks has upgraded Pakistan's dollar bonds and is now more positive on Pakistan's economy
2. Why? Better finances. More stable foreign exchange reserves. Lower inflation. And continued support from international lenders
3. Pakistan still has challenges, but the tide is turning