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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jahangir Khan Tareen
| native_name = جہانگیر خان ترین
| native_name_lang = ur
| image = Jahangir_Tareen.jpg
| office = Senior member of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
| term_start = 2011
| term_end =
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = December 2015
| term_end1 = 15 December 2017
| term_start2 = October 2002
| term_end2 = January 2012
| office3 = [[Minister for Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Industries and Production]]
| primeminister3 = [[Shaukat Aziz]]
| president3 = [[Pervez Musharraf]]
| term_start3 = August 2004
| term_end3 = November 2007
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office4 = Advisor on Agriculture to the [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_end4 = 2004
| office5 = Secretary General [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf]] (PTI)
| term_start5 = 2015
| term_end5 = 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|07|04|df=y}}.<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=195|access-date=9 July 2017|date=23 March 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323124640/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=195|archive-date=23 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Comilla]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] (now in [[Bangladesh]])<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" />
| spouse = Amina Tareen
| occupation = Majority Shareholder and Executive Director of JDW Group, Chairman of J.K Group
| children = 3
| party = [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] (2011–present)
| otherparty = [[PML-F]] (2008–2011) [[PML-Q]] (2002–2007) [[PML-N]] (1997–2002)
| nationality = Pakistani
| relatives = [[Seemi Ezdi]] (Sister) [[Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mehmood]] (Brother-in-Law) [[Akhtar Abdur Rahman]] (Uncle) [[Humayun Akhtar Khan]] (Cousin) [[Haroon Akhtar Khan]] (Cousin)<ref>{{cite news |title=32 ministers take oath: Cabinet includes 11 new faces |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/369315 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=2 September 2004}}</ref> [[Shaukat Tarin]] (cousin)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1615694|title=Ex-PPP minister Shaukat Tarin to head economic advisory board|first=Syed Irfan|last=Raza|date=1 April 2021|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Forman Christian College]] [[University of North Carolina]]
| website = {{URL|www.jahangirktareen.com/}}
}}

'''Jahangir Khan Tareen''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|جہانگیر خان ترین}}}}; born 4 July 1953) is a [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] business magnate who is the majority shareholder & [[CEO]] of JDW Group,<ref name="JDW Group/30 September 2018">{{cite web|title=JDW Accounts 2018|url=http://www.jdw-group.com/Reports/JDW-Accounts-2018|access-date=30 September 2018|work=www.jdw-group.com|date=30 September 2018}}</ref> a [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] specialised in [[Sugar industry|Sugar Manufacturing]] and have four sugar units (unit-1(30,000TCD)), unit-2(22,000TCD), unit-3(22,000TCD), unit-4((deharki)20,000TCD)), [[Biomass]] ([[Bagasse]]) [[Cogeneration]] and have two power units(unit-1(26.6MW), unit-2(26.8MW)), [[Paper industry|Paper manufacturing]], [[Farming|Sugarcane Corporate Farming]] on 30,000 acres of land and [[Aviation]] services.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=JDW Sugar Mills Limited |url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2019/01/20190124441943/ |website=[[Business Recorder]] |date=24 January 2019}}</ref> Jahangir Khan Tareen is also the [[Chairman]] and owner of J.K Group,<ref name="JDW Group/30 September 2018"/> a [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] specialised in [[Sugar industry|Sugar Manufacturing]], and have two sugar units(unit-1(12,000TCD), unit-2(24,000TCD)), [[Dairy industry|Milk Production & Processing]] and [[Farming|Sugarcane Corporate Farming]].<ref name="auto"/> He is also the [[Chairman]] and owner of United Foods Pvt Ltd (Ali Tareen Farms, Lodhran), Indus Mining. Khan has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] thrice between 2002 and 2017. Born in [[Comilla]], Tareen was educated at the Forman Christian College in [[Lahore]], and later attended the [[University of North Carolina]]. Prior to entering politics, he had been a lecturer and banker. Tareen is considered as the right hand and the most important advisor of PM Imran Khan.

Tareen began his political career in 2002. He served as special adviser on agriculture and social sector initiatives to then Chief Minister of Punjab [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]] before being appointed as the Federal Minister for Industries and Production where he served from 2004 to 2007 in the [[Shaukat Aziz]] ministry. In 2011, he joined PTI and became its General Secretary where he served until December 2017.

Tareen is one of the biggest tax payers in Pakistan.<ref name="the news/23feb2019">{{cite news|title=Top Tax Payers Last Year|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/435831-tareen-top-taxpayer-last-year|access-date=9 February 2019|work=thenews.com.pk|date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Tareen was born on 4 July 1953 in [[Comilla]], East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).<ref name="dawn/2sept2004">{{cite news|title=New federal ministers|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/369273/new-federal-ministers|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=2 September 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113216/http://www.dawn.com/news/369273/new-federal-ministers|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Basically, Tareen was migrated from District Pishin, Balochistan. He graduated from [[Forman Christian College]], Lahore in 1971<ref name="dawn/29april2013">{{cite news|title=Jehangir Tareen|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024483|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021058/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024483|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and received an MBA degree from the [[University of North Carolina]], USA, in 1974.<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" />

He is an entrepreneur by profession and prior to entering in politics, he has also been a lecturer, and a banker.<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" /> He headed the Punjab Task Force on Agriculture from 1997 to 1999 and the Punjab Task Force on Wheat Procurement and Marketing from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" />

Tareen is considered one of the wealthiest politicians in Pakistan,<ref name="dawn/15dec2017" /> with assets worth around Rs 400 billion;<ref name="dawn/29april2013" /> he owns thousands of acres of farmland and some of the largest [[sugar mills]] and many other business entities in Pakistan.<ref name="herald/25october2016" /> He owns [[Private Plane|private planes]] which he often offers to [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] key leadership for traveling.<ref name="herald/25october2016" />

==Political career==
In an interview with ''[[Newsweek Pakistan]]'', Tareen said "he doesn't belong to a political family, but he married into a political family".<ref name="Newsweek/29july2011" />

He began his political career in 2002<ref name="Newsweek/29july2011" /><ref name="dawn/29april2013" /> after he was elected to the National Assembly in the [[2002 Pakistani general elections]] from [[Constituency NA-195]] on the ticket of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]].<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" /><ref name="tribune/23dec2015" /><ref name="dawn/15dec2017">{{cite news|title=Jahangir Tareen – one of Pakistan's wealthiest lawmakers|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1376761/jahangir-tareen-one-of-pakistans-wealthiest-lawmakers|access-date=15 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

He served as special adviser on agriculture and social sector initiatives to then Chief Minister of Punjab [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]].<ref name="dawn/15dec2017" /><ref name="Newsweek/29july2011">{{cite news |title=Silence is Not an Option: An interview with Jahangir Tareen |url=http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/the-take/361 |access-date=2019-11-29 |work=[[Newsweek Pakistan]] |date=29 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213155525/http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/the-take/361 |archive-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet<ref name="dawn/2sept2004" /> and was made Federal Minister for Industries and Production<ref name="dawn/15dec2017" /><ref name="nation/6nov2011">{{cite news|title=Jehangir Tareen among 14 ex-ministers to join PTI |url=http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/06-Nov-2011/Jehangir-Tareen-among-14-exministers-to-join-PTI |access-date=8 January 2017 |work=The Nation |date=6 November 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114112050/http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/06-Nov-2011/Jehangir-Tareen-among-14-exministers-to-join-PTI |archive-date=14 November 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> in the Shaukat Aziz ministry where he remained until 2007.<ref name="herald/25october2016">{{cite news|title=Jahangir Tareen: PTI's money man|url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1153569|access-date=8 January 2017|work=Herald Magazine|publisher=Dawn|date=25 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113145/http://herald.dawn.com/news/1153569|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="dawn/29april2013" /> His sugar mills flourished during his tenure as Minister for industries.<ref name="tribune/15dec2017">{{cite news|date=15 December 2017|title=Disqualification 2.0: Jahangir Tareen's political journey – The Express Tribune|work=The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1584829/1/|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

In the [[2008 Pakistani general election]], Tareen was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the second time from [[Constituency NA-195]] on the seat of [[Pakistan Muslim League (F)]].<ref name="tribune/23dec2015" /><ref name="dawn/5jan2012">{{cite news|title=Resignation of six MNAs accepted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/685744/resignation-of-six-mnas-accepted|access-date=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=5 January 2012|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020619/https://www.dawn.com/news/685744/resignation-of-six-mnas-accepted|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="dawn/29april2013" />

He was the parliamentary leader of PML-F in the National Assembly.<ref name="dawn/12july2011" /> Later he formed a forward block known as "Tareen's group" which comprised several seasoned politicians.<ref name="nation/22sept2013">{{cite news|title=Tareens clean men divided on PTI |url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/politics/22-Nov-2011/Tareens-clean-men-divided-on-PTI |access-date=8 January 2017 |work=The Nation |date=22 September 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922100037/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/politics/22-Nov-2011/Tareens-clean-men-divided-on-PTI |archive-date=22 September 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> In 2011, he said he was to launch his own political party consisting of politicians free from corruption charges.<ref name="dawn/29april2013" /> He later resigned from the National Assembly<ref name="dawn/5jan2012" /> and in November 2011, joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] along with a number of associates, saying that his vision was similar to PTI.<ref name="dawn/29april2013" /><ref name="dawn/12july2011">{{cite news|title=Tareen to launch 'party of the clean' in September|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/643557/tareen-to-launch-party-of-the-clean-in-september|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109020908/http://www.dawn.com/news/643557/tareen-to-launch-party-of-the-clean-in-september|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="dawn/19dec2011">{{cite news|title=Influential figures likely to join PTI|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/681629/influential-figures-likely-to-join-pti-2|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021158/http://www.dawn.com/news/681629/influential-figures-likely-to-join-pti-2|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="tribune/20dec2011">{{cite news|title=Hurtling ahead: 'Clean' Tareen, Leghari brothers join PTI - The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/308778/jehangir-tareen-legharis-join-pti/|access-date=8 January 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=20 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021747/http://tribune.com.pk/story/308778/jehangir-tareen-legharis-join-pti/|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/19dec2011">{{cite news|title=Legharis, Tarin, Kasuri to jump aboard PTI ship|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/19/legharis-tarin-kasuri-to-jump-aboard-pti-ship/?printType=article|access-date=8 January 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=19 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184122/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/19/legharis-tarin-kasuri-to-jump-aboard-pti-ship/?printType=article|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In September 2013, [[Imran Khan]] appointed Tareen as the Secretary General of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]<ref name="herald/25october2016" /><ref name="dawn/11may2015">{{cite news|title=Imran's 'war on three fronts'|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1181265|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113333/http://www.dawn.com/news/1181265|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In the [[2013 Pakistani general election]], Tareen ran for the seat of the National Assembly from [[Constituency NA-154]] ([[Lodhran]]) on the seat of PTI, but was unsuccessful.<ref name="dawn/15dec2017" /><ref name="tribune/23dec2015">{{cite news|title=NA-154 (Lodhran-I): In a first, army given anti-terror powers for by-elections – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1014758/na-154-lodhran-i-in-a-first-army-given-anti-terror-powers-for-by-elections-back-page/|access-date=5 April 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406023003/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1014758/na-154-lodhran-i-in-a-first-army-given-anti-terror-powers-for-by-elections-back-page/|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="dawn/24dec2015">{{cite news|title=PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|access-date=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 December 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110531/https://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Where has heavily invested.<ref name="herald/25october2016" /><ref name="dawn/15dec2017" />

In the 2015 by-elections, he was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly for the third time from [[Constituency NA-154]] ([[Lodhran]]) on the seat of PTI.<ref name="dawn/24dec2015" /> The seat became vacant after Tareen filed a petition in which he accused of irregularities in the constituency during the 2013 general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Voting ends as Baloch, Tareen face off in NA-154 by-poll|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1228281|access-date=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 December 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022026/https://www.dawn.com/news/1228281|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PTI's Jehangir Tareen wins NA-154 by-poll|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/84085-PTIs-Jehangir-Tareen-wins-NA-154-by-poll|access-date=8 January 2017|work=The News|date=24 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021828/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/84085-PTIs-Jehangir-Tareen-wins-NA-154-by-poll|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Election tribunal orders re-election in NA-154, deseats PML-N lawmaker|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1202948|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112064815/http://www.dawn.com/news/1202948|archive-date=12 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|access-date=8 January 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124011607/http://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|archive-date=24 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In 2016, PML-N filed a reference to disqualify Tareen from his National Assembly seat for "submitting false statements with the Election Commission of Pakistan".<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N files disqualification reference against PTI's Jahangir Tareen|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1278393|access-date=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=18 August 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406021557/https://www.dawn.com/news/1278393|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2017, ECP rejected disqualification references against Tareen.<ref>{{cite news|title=ECP rejects disqualification references against Imran Khan, Jehangir Tareen|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1320841|access-date=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 March 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020858/https://www.dawn.com/news/1320841|archive-date=6 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Twitter|JahangirKTareen}}

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