Faisal Sheikh

Sheikhing things up @JackofDigital

[Faizan Siddiqi @faizansiddiqi]

Pakistan spent years celebrating freelancers, remote workers, and tech talent for bringing dollars into the economy.

Now the same people who adapted, competed globally, and built careers without relying on local opportunities are being treated like an easy revenue target.

The reality is simple: many young professionals didn’t “leave” the system the system stopped working for them long ago.

Remote work and global income became the fallback plan for an entire generation trying to survive inflation, instability, and limited local opportunities.

Punishing the country’s most productive and globally competitive workers is not economic strategy. It’s short term thinking with long term consequences.

Here’s a breakdown of what the proposed tax changes could mean for freelancers and innovation workers in Pakistan.

This 'Ambition Tax' has real consequence.

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@faizansiddiqi @raza_matin We love to kill geese!

[Umair Sheikh @usheik]

Launched @GateplexAI on @ProductHunt today.

AI agents in production with zero runtime governance is a liability. We built the layer that stops bad actions before they execute.

Use code PRODUCTHUNT for 1 month free Pro.

https://t.co/a1kzarVG5R

[Faizan Siddiqi @faizansiddiqi]

Freelancers built the fastest growing export engine in Pakistan and contributed to Foreign Exchange.

And the response is… tax them more?

Data doesn’t lie:
• Traditional IT exports → +18% YoY
• Freelance / remote exports → +90% YoY

When you can’t outgrow them, regulate them. Because the incumbents are Lazy...

This proposed freelancer tax is basically an “Ambition Tax.”

Pakistan should reward globally competitive talent not punish it. (What do you think?)

Detailed article tomorrow. 🇵🇰

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@faizansiddiqi Someone must have thunk things through hard, real hard!!!

[Umair Sheikh @usheik]

I shipped the first firewall for autonomous AI agents.

Not a logger. Not a monitor. A firewall that stops the action before it executes.

https://t.co/pF00PCX0H6

#AIAgents #AIFirewall #AIGovernance #LLM #MCP

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@faizansiddiqi @DanQayyum @MuaazAhsanGeo GRP = Reach x Frequency
IYKYK 🤪

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@faizansiddiqi There’s so much more that needs to be said but it will end up pissing people off like there’s no tomorrow. The funny part is advertisers use these exact vanity measurements to justify spending money.

[Faizan Siddiqi @faizansiddiqi]

Pakistan’s biggest news brands have 28.5M combined followers on X.

Average engagement rate: 0.017%

That’s not influence. That’s a Contact List.

Some outlets with 5M+ followers are barely hitting 1–3K views per post.

Here is my detailed take on The Slow Collapse of Legacy Media In Pakistan.

Follow the Link Below ⬇️

https://t.co/uDqx2i5ka5

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

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[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@airlinevideos How about this one

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@faizansiddiqi وطن کی مٹی گواہ رہنا…!!

[HasanS @xacahc]

MASOCHISTS.. Collect. Today (Oct. 19) @ The Hive, Lucky One Mall at 4pm. Miss it - or you WON'T regret!
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#EntrepreneurshipDebunked #CareerSuccess #StartupMyths

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@Huk06 💩 That didn’t come out right

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@KElectricPk is there a power outage in DHA Pahse VIII? KE Live app, WhatsApp and 118 are all down.

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@JackofDigital is #hiring checkout the details on #LinkedIn

https://t.co/DQY6F7Il4N

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@Huk06 Hands down the best people, they run an orphanage on premise.

https://t.co/u9hk1BuEiE

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@OmarSalahAhmed @wasimakramlive @WaseemBadami @falamb3 @iNaseemShah @Profitpk @ishtiaq_nadia The medal winners from Pakistan

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@Huk06 Which plant is recommended for tax reduction?

[Faisal Sheikh @fmsheik]

@Huk06 We are experts in manufacturing chays unfortunately there’s no global demand at the moment.