Jahangir Tareen, considered one of the wealthiest legislators of Pakistan, was disqualified on Friday by the Supreme Court from holding public office for not being entirely truthful about the ownership of a property in London. Tareen had started his political career in 2002 after being elected to the National Assembly on a PML-Q ticket. In 2004, Tareen was inducted into the federal cabinet and served as a minister with the portfolio of industries, production and special initiatives under former president Pervez Musharraf. Eventually, Imran Khan had tried to resolve the differences both by making the two shake hands and, consequently, Qureshi denied his own statement. Allegations of money laundering and defaulted loans continued to haunt Tareen when PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi filed a petition against him and Imran Khan in November the same year.

Source: Pakistan Today December 15, 2017 13:18 UTC