Arshad Noon

Lahore-based. LSE grad. I tweet on all things political-economy. Public policy. Economic governance. Not much interested in routine politics.

[SYED OWAIS HASSAN N @syedOwais01]

ٹیکس چوری کے کیسیز پہلے پکڑے گئے لیکن پھر پبلک کو کچھ پتہ نہیں چلتا۔ گرفتار ڈرائیورز سے تفتیش کی تفصیلات پبلک ہونی چاہیے کہ یہ
سگریٹ کس گودام، فیکٹری سے لوڈ ہوئے۔جس بندے نے ٹرکوں کی بکنگ کی وہ کس کا ملازم ہے۔ حقائق سامنے آنے چاہیے۔
@CMShehbaz @PakPMO @Rashidlangrial

[‎جون/ Elia 🇵🇰 @JoneElia]

آنے والے چند دنوں میں پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں پر ایک لاوا پھٹنے والا ہے جو حکومت کی سانس ان کے گلے میں اٹکا دے گا ۔ یہ بالکل بھی اچانک نہیں ہے ۔
@PakPMO @CMShehbaz
#Petrol #pricehike

[Fair Trade in Tobacco @FTinTobacco]

Pakistan needs tax collection, not tax theft. The illegal cigarette mafia steals nearly Rs. 400 billion every year and weakens the documented economy.

@PakPMO @CMShehbaz are respectfully requested to reject pressure and keep enforcement moving.

#StopIllegalCigaretteMafia #StopTaxTheft

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

بھراوا بڑے یاراں متراں دا ترلا ماریا بھی میرے نال سہاگا پھرا دیو لیکن کوئی کم نی آیا آخر تے ایس بَگلے دا ترلا پایا تے ایہہ سہاگے تے بیٹھا 😁
#Punjab #Punjabi

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

میری کَنڈ نا لواویں تصویرے
جے تینوں کدی بولنا پوے۔۔

#Punjab #Punjabi
#Motorway

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

#میراپنجاب ❤️

“گھر آئے گئے نُوں چاہ پانی رنگ نے نی پُچھنا بندے نے پُچھنا ہُندا اے “
#Punjab #Punjabi

[ACT Alliance - Pakistan @ACTAlliancePak]

🛠️ Training Must Solve Real Problems

A tailor may need product photography and online selling. A mechanic may need diagnostic equipment and certified technical training. Generic seminars are not enough.

@GovtofPakistan @PakPMO @CMShehbaz @MaryamNSharif @SohailAfridiISF @MuradAliShahPPP @PakSarfrazBugti, make business training practical, sector-specific, and connected to markets.

https://t.co/bU5D2FmpOm

#SmallBusiness #Pakistan #MicroEnterprise

[Arshad Noon @noonomics]

Did @engro_group or its subsidiary Enfrashare participate in drafting, lobbying for, promoting, or facilitating the passage of this controversial legislation through the National Assembly? The public deserves a clear answer.

@PakPMO & @GovtofPakistan should investigate ? #Engro

[Mubashir 🍁 مبشر @mkw72]

Mr. Prime Minister (@CMShehbaz): Guard and protect your repute at all costs and have @engro_group publicly clarify whether Engro Connect, Engro Enfrashare, Deodar, their executives, consultants, industry associations, or representatives provided any written or verbal input regarding the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) (Amendment) Bill, 2026?

This is not an unreasonable request.

Engro Connect describes itself as the owner of Pakistan’s largest independent tower platform, comprising Engro Enfrashare and Deodar and more than 14,000 towers. The National Assembly-passed bill would directly affect the commercial and regulatory environment in which tower companies operate.

Section 27A grants sweeping access and usage rights for telecom towers, fiber, and related infrastructure; provides for deemed approval in certain cases; prohibits several public and collectively managed property owners from charging rent or compensation; and permits fines of up to Rs. 50 million for obstruction or delay.

The Senate committee has now deferred the bill after serious objections concerning property rights, land access, deemed consent, fee-free use of property, and the extraordinary penalties contemplated by the draft. The National Assembly committee chairman has reportedly acknowledged that the inclusion of telecom towers was overlooked during the committee’s final consideration, while the Ministry of IT maintains that the bill does not authorize compulsory acquisition or forced entry onto individually owned private property. These conflicting explanations make full disclosure essential.

Public records do not presently prove that Engro or Engro Enfrashare prepared or promoted this bill. They do show, however, that Engro Enfrashare previously participated in PTA industry consultations in which right-of-way difficulties were raised by participating telecom companies.

@engro_group should therefore disclose every submission, meeting, proposed amendment, communication, and policy recommendation made by its companies or representatives to the Ministry of IT, PTA, parliamentary committees, and industry bodies concerning right-of-way legislation.

Did any Engro entity seek the inclusion of towers, deemed approvals, fee waivers, compensation restrictions, or the Rs. 50 million penalty? A company of Engro’s size and public standing should answer these questions directly.

[Mubashir 🍁 مبشر @mkw72]

Mr. Prime Minister (@CMShehbaz): Guard and protect your repute at all costs and have @engro_group publicly clarify whether Engro Connect, Engro Enfrashare, Deodar, their executives, consultants, industry associations, or representatives provided any written or verbal input regarding the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) (Amendment) Bill, 2026?

This is not an unreasonable request.

Engro Connect describes itself as the owner of Pakistan’s largest independent tower platform, comprising Engro Enfrashare and Deodar and more than 14,000 towers. The National Assembly-passed bill would directly affect the commercial and regulatory environment in which tower companies operate.

Section 27A grants sweeping access and usage rights for telecom towers, fiber, and related infrastructure; provides for deemed approval in certain cases; prohibits several public and collectively managed property owners from charging rent or compensation; and permits fines of up to Rs. 50 million for obstruction or delay.

The Senate committee has now deferred the bill after serious objections concerning property rights, land access, deemed consent, fee-free use of property, and the extraordinary penalties contemplated by the draft. The National Assembly committee chairman has reportedly acknowledged that the inclusion of telecom towers was overlooked during the committee’s final consideration, while the Ministry of IT maintains that the bill does not authorize compulsory acquisition or forced entry onto individually owned private property. These conflicting explanations make full disclosure essential.

Public records do not presently prove that Engro or Engro Enfrashare prepared or promoted this bill. They do show, however, that Engro Enfrashare previously participated in PTA industry consultations in which right-of-way difficulties were raised by participating telecom companies.

@engro_group should therefore disclose every submission, meeting, proposed amendment, communication, and policy recommendation made by its companies or representatives to the Ministry of IT, PTA, parliamentary committees, and industry bodies concerning right-of-way legislation.

Did any Engro entity seek the inclusion of towers, deemed approvals, fee waivers, compensation restrictions, or the Rs. 50 million penalty? A company of Engro’s size and public standing should answer these questions directly.

[ACT Alliance - Pakistan @ACTAlliancePak]

⛽ Fuel Smuggling Hurts Every Taxpayer

Billions of liters of fuel reportedly enter Pakistan through illegal channels, while illegal business mafias in tires, lubricants, illegal tobacco and cigarettes continue suppressing documented sales and revenue.

@PakPMO @GovtofPakistan @FBRSpokesperson, please protect legal companies and strengthen enforcement at borders, transport routes, warehouses, wholesale markets, and retail outlets.

https://t.co/BFQJnv1Oqd

#ACTAlliance #Economy #SaveLegalEconomy

[Fair Trade in Tobacco @FTinTobacco]

Honorable MNAs @AsadQaiserPTI and @ShahramKTarakai misstated the tobacco industry’s documented position while speaking on the floor of @NAofPakistan. The Rs. 390 amount is not an additional farmer burden; it is an advance-adjustable mechanism intended to monitor manufacturers and commercial transactions. Facts must not be replaced by political messaging.

@PakPMO @GovtofPakistan @CMShehbaz should respectfully reject every form of pressure from inside or outside Parliament and continue decisive enforcement against illegal cigarette trade and its undocumented financial networks.

https://t.co/KkFVZ1jhoC

#IllegalCigarettesFundTerror

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

بدلاں تے گھر چن وے اُتوں تُوں ہوویں نال پیا ❤️

#میراپنجاب #Punjab #Punjabi

[Fair Trade in Tobacco @FTinTobacco]

The illegal cigarette mafia has turned tax theft into a business model. Over Rs. 400 billion disappears from Pakistan’s revenues every year, and no one knows where it lands. It could fuel crime and instability.

@PakPMO @GovtofPakistan @FBRSpokesperson @OfficialDGISPR should continue enforcement against illegal cigarette trade.

#EndIllegalCigaretteMafia #Pakistan #Economy #IllegalCigarettesFundTerrorism

[Fair Trade in Tobacco @FTinTobacco]

The record says one thing; Honorable MNAs @AsadQaiserPTI and @ShahramKTarakai say another from Parliament’s floor. Their narrative appears rooted less in evidence and more in a carefully imagined tobacco-policy lala-land.

The illegal cigarette mafia and illegal cigarette trade remain a measurable economic cancer, stealing nearly Rs. 400 billion in taxes yearly. Their actual trade could reach approximately Rs. 1,000 billion.

@GovtofPakistan should continue uncompromising enforcement, reject every form of political pressure, and hold illegal manufacturers, traders, and promoters answerable under law.

Nobody knows where this money goes. It could finance terror and create instability by design, because illegal economies depend upon weak and unsettled institutions.

#IllegalCigarettesFundTerror

[Fair Trade in Tobacco @FTinTobacco]

The illegal cigarette mafia has turned tax theft into a business model. Over Rs. 400 billion disappears from Pakistan’s revenues every year, and no one knows where it lands. It could fuel crime and instability.

@PakPMO @GovtofPakistan @FBRSpokesperson @OfficialDGISPR should continue enforcement against illegal cigarette trade.

#EndIllegalCigaretteMafia #Pakistan #Economy #IllegalCigarettesFundTerrorism

[‎جون/ Elia 🇵🇰 @JoneElia]

Rabbit was distracted, pressured and confused.
Turtle is Focused to the goal and only walking straight.
Life is full of distraction and pressure, be a tortoise who doesn't lose the vision of his goal. No matter how your environment drags you away, be consistent and confident

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

بھائی بھائیاں دی بانہواں ❤️
#میراپنجاب #Punjab #Punjabi

[ACT Alliance - Pakistan @ACTAlliancePak]

🚨 Illegal Trade Is Not a Side Issue

Illegal trade keeps bleeding Pakistan through smuggled POL, tax-evaded cigarettes, non-duty-paid tea, counterfeit or undocumented pharma, and under-invoiced electronics and consumer products. The loss is not only tax, it is also market share, jobs, and investor trust for the formal economy.

@CMShehbaz @GovtofPakistan, please sustain visible, nationwide action against illegal business mafias, even when they enjoy political or administrative backing.
#Pakistan #Economy #ACTAlliancePakistan #EndIllegalEconomy

[Cafe پنجاب / ਪੰਜਾਬ @CafePunjab]

تیرے جہیا مینوں ہور نا کوئی ڈُھونڈا میں سارا جہان ❤️
#Punjab #Punjabi