Sohaib Saeed 

Former President AJK Chamber of Commerce
Alumnus #LahoreSchoolofEconomics @SalfordUni @EastWestCenter | @EF_Fellows @Commschols @FNFreiheit |
PML-N AJK 🍁

[Aamir Hussain @AAMIRHUSSAIN79]

منگلا جھیل کے بیچوں بیچ تین کلومیٹر لمبا برج وفاق فنڈڈ منصوبہ جو میرپور آزاد کشمیر اور اسلام گڑھ ، چکسواری ،ڈوڈیال ،سیاکھ اور کوٹلی کے درمیان فاصلہ اور وقت کم کردے گا ، کھلنے کے لیے بالکل تیار ھے یہ منصوبہ مشرف دور میں شروع ہوا تھا اور تکنیکی بنیادوں پر لٹکا رہا اب یہ ن لیگ کی وفاقی حکومت کی خصوصی توجہ سے مکمل ہوا ،آپ کو بتانا تھا آپکا بھائی اس منصوبے کے 2007سے 2009 تک پراجیکٹ انچارج رہا ھے، بینظیر بھٹو کے قتل کی اطلاع اسی پراجیکٹ پر ملی تھی ۔۔۔۔
اس کا اصل نظارہ جولائی اگست میں دیکھنے کو ملے گا جب منگلا جھیل میں پانی اپنی فل کپیسٹی پر ہوگا ۔۔۔۔

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@ZehraFarooq The NFC Awards seems to be broken and should be fixed. Federation is borrowing to keep afloat causing higher interest payments hence the vicious debt cycle.

[Nadeem Haque @nadeemhaque]

I rent at One Constitution Avenue. At 1 AM last night, I was jolted awake by heavy banging on the door. My first panicked thought: thieves. Instead, I was greeted by 50 heavily armored police officers — rude, aggressive, and clearly ready to beat us into submission if we resisted. They gave us no reason. Pretended it was for security as in recent times when peace negotiations were being held.

No court order shown. No documents. No explanation.

Just “vacate by 12 noon today.” Only later did I learn this midnight raid had a court’s blessing. Why am I not surprised? This is Pakistan’s “protocol court” justice at its finest.

The building has been in dispute for 20 years. During that entire farce, the CDA — the regulator that slept for years while the building was constructed and apartments sold

There’s even suspicion it was complicit.

Any reasonable judge would have treated the CDA as guilty if at a minimum negligence.

A regulator that was asleep (or worse) should not now be allowed to benefit. Apartment sales were formally recognized by the CDA and previous judges — so why suddenly reverse everything in CDA’s favor? The building ownership I am told is being transferred to CDA

What court in the world authorises 50 armed goons to storm a residential building at 1 AM, trampling individual property and tenancy rights with zero notice?

As I wrote in my latest Substack on judicial/bureaucratic over-reach: courts should appoint professional receivership instead of handing assets back to the same failed bureaucracy. “Development rights can be re-auctioned” in an open market — not gifted to the CDA. The building could easily have been placed in receivership, demising rights sold via transparent auction, value preserved, and residents protected.

But obviously our judges don’t know enough economics or real law. This is what serious law — what I call ELEVATE justice — would require.

I called journalists. No TV, no radio.

Who needs this judiciary? Uneducated protocol seekers in robes, quick to destroy value after it’s created, while shielding the real culprits. Is this judgment even lawful? And even if eviction were technically possible, does it have to be this thuggish and inhumane?

This isn’t justice. It’s asset assassination by judicial decree.

https://t.co/bAwfSx4bUu

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@AhmadJalal_1 @CareemPAK @gojekindonesia You have hit the nail on the head. Purchasing Power is the key indicator to watch. A stronger purchasing power would retain & invite businesses from around the world for this size of population and low PP would make many business not viable.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@Nabeel1124 Pakistan is a price sensitive market. Every additional feature or upgrade is possible but the local marketeer has to decide if it would be worth the customers extra spend. Wishes are countless but resources are always scarce.

[Zehra Farooq @ZehraFarooq]

Data doesn't just record history; in the digital age, it shows us exactly when the world pivots.

The April 2026 "Islamabad Accord" didn't just rewrite regional geopolitics, it triggered one of the most violent, rapid spikes in global search history.

Let’s look at what the data shows 🧵👇

#googletrends

[Amer Sharif @AmerSharifOFCL]

How Pakistani taxation works:

Suppose you are a company and you suffer a loss of PKR 1 billion on a turnover of PKR 10 billion. Even then, you will still have to pay minimum / turnover tax at 1.25% of turnover.
On PKR 10 billion turnover, that comes to PKR 125 million in tax despite making a loss.

One can still argue that this is fair because the state needs revenue to run its affairs, agree!. Also, technically, this minimum tax is adjustable against future profits, so in a way it is like an interest-free loan to the government.

But our brilliant-minded babus (in the business tax-friendly move 😀) instead of bringing more people into the tax net, conveniently reduced the period for future adjustment of this tax from 5 years to 3 years in 2022, and in the last budget from 3 years to 2 years.

So if a company suffers continuous losses for 2-3 years for any reason, its first year's minimum tax payment, which is effectively a loan in other words, may simply expire and be lost forever.

Magic.

[Waqas Ahmed @waqas03]

Challenege to all PSX, LUMS, and IBA guys. On a monetary front, Shahbaz Sharif has been the winner of the last decade. And be known that i criticized him daily for bad tax reforms and loose control on babucracy. Data, not political cliche, please.

[Azaz Syed @AzazSyed]

Even the darkest night ends. The sun always finds a way back.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@suneelmunj Suneel bhai you have hit the nail on the head. The problem of Pakistans market is not expensive cars but low purchasing power. Increase in per capita income coupled with financing will increase the demand.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@AzazSyed Azaz bhai, the victim's name is Amir Awan. Thank you.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@ShamaJunejo The Jap premier was surely caught in surprise.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@am_nawazish It is an inconvenience & a safety hazard at the same time.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

The used car market has been over priced in Pakistan with limit depreciation. With the addition of a number of players especially in the top tier hopefully the used car market would become much more vibrant.

[احمد بلال محبوبAhmedBilalMehboob @ABMPildat]

Among honorarium & perks announced by AJK Govt for elected LG officials, heads of large LGs will also get the services of a cook at residence at Govt expense! This will set an example for the four provinces as well. A JK notifies honorarium, privileges for heads of local government institutions https://t.co/0DoGqJpVMF

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@junaidmuhammadd Its all about margins for automobile companies and the bigger is better in that context. Also the purchasing power is a big factor as well.

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@TheSaadKaiser Well put! 👏

[Sohaib Saeed  @SohaibTweets]

@omar_quraishi The simple measure would be to time a passenger from entering the airport premises to reaching the gate which would include parking, entry into terminal, initial security, checking in immigration and final security. Islamabad airport is the best among 3 but needs improvement.