Jahangir Tareen

Jahangir Tareen
جہانگیر ترین
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 January 2016 – 15 December 2017
ConstituencyNA-154 Lodhran-I
In office
16 November 2002 – January 2012
ConstituencyNA-195 Rahim Yar Khan-IV
Federal Minister for Industries and Production
In office
August 2004 – November 2007
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab on Agriculture
In office
2002–2004
Chief MinisterChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Secretary General Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)
In office
2013–2017
ChairmanImran Khan
Personal details
Born
Jahangir Khan Tareen

(1953-07-04) 4 July 1953 (age 71)[1][2]
Comilla, East Bengal, Pakistan (now in Bangladesh)[1]
NationalityPakistani
Political partyIstehkam-E-Pakistan Party (2023–2024)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseAmina Tareen (m. 1978)[3]
Children4 (including Ali Tareen)
Relatives
Alma mater
Occupation
Office
  • Majority Shareholder & Executive Director of JDW Group
  • Chairman & Owner of JK Group
Websitewww.jahangirktareen.com

Jahangir Khan Tareen (Urdu: جہانگیر خان ترین) (born 4 July 1953) is a Pakistani industrialist and politician who is the founder of JDW Sugar Mills, also known as JDW Group,[6] a conglomerate specializing in the manufacturing and sale of sugar and associated products, ethanol(bio-fuels) production, power generation, transmission and sales, sugar cane farms, and aircraft operations and maintenance services.[7] Jahangir Tareen is also the chairman and owner of JK Group,[6] a conglomerate specializing in manufacturing and sale of sugar and associated products, milk production, processing and sales, power generation, transmission and sales, production and sales of fruits and agricultural produce, granite mining and sales, PepsiCo Multan franchise and PSL Multan Sultans' franchise.[7] 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 began his political career when he served as the special adviser on agriculture and social sector initiatives to the then Chief Minister of Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, before being appointed 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. [8] On 8 June 2023, he launched his own political party, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).[9] On 12 February 2024, he resigned from IPP and decided to leave politics.[10]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dawn/2sept2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Detail Information". Pildat. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Tareen, wife 'discretionary lifetime beneficiaries' of 'camouflaged' £7 million UK home". Geo News. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "32 ministers take oath: Cabinet includes 11 new faces". Dawn. Pakistan. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (1 April 2021). "Ex-PPP minister Shaukat Tarin to head economic advisory board". Dawn. Pakistan.
  6. ^ a b "JDW Accounts 2018". JDW Group. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ a b "JDW Sugar Mills Limited". Business Recorder. 24 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Top Tax Payers Last Year". The News International. Pakistan. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Jahangir Tareen's new party to be named 'Istehkam-e-Pakistan'". geo.tv. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  10. ^ "IPP chief Jahangir Tareen quits politics". ARY NEWS. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.