ISLAMABAD: Jahangir Khan Tareen, PTI leader is returning to Pakistan after seven months. He has boarded a private plane and is currently on the way back.
He announced his return on Thursday but failed to give an exact date for his flight back to Pakistan. He just said it would be this month. Hours later, the news broke that he is on the flight to Pakistan. His son Ali Tareen is with him. He said he went abroad for medical treatment.
The PTI leader was disqualified from holding public office on January 30, 2018 but remained a senior member of the party. Recently, he was embroiled in the sugar price hike case when it was revealed in an official report that his JDW Mills benefited greatly from sugar subsidies.
His mills made Rs200 billion in three years. The JDW Sugar Mills comprise of three units, two of which are located in Rahim Yar Khan in south Punjab and one is located in Ghotki, Sindh. It accounts for 17% of the country’s total sugar product.
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