Shafaqna exclusive: The brewing storm behind Tareen’s silence

by Tauqeer Abbas
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Jehangir Tareen once known as the strongest pillar and most trust able ally of Imran Khan is facing wrath of the party. The grouping inside the party has created a wide gulf of mistrust between Jehangir Tareen and Imran Khan. It is said that the lobby led by Asad Umar and Shah Mehmood Qureshi has played a pivotal role in the ouster of Jehangir Tareen.

In an interview with Saleem Safi, in 2017 before his disqualification, Tareen had showed concerns after Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification that he would be made escape goat to balance the act. Thus few days after this interview he was disqualified and since than Tareen felt that he was betrayed.

However Tareen continued his influence in the party and successfully defeated Qureshi and Asad by installing his own Chief minister in Punjab. Since than a friction was seen between Tareen’s bloc and Qureshi’s group. However Qureshi’s lobby instigated Imran Khan that Tareen is defaming him for heading Sugar Mafia. After that a plan was hatched to kick out Tareen through Sugar commission report and finally Tareen is no more an arm child of Imran Khan.

Soon after sugar commission report, Tareen flew to London for the sake of treatment but many analysts smelled a rat behind is visit to London. Many were expecting a blast from Jehangir Tareen as soon after his departure news started emerging that he might have backdoor meetings with Imran Khan but he constantly denied that.

Sources have said that several people from within PTI UK and other parties have sent messages to Tareen for a meeting but he has shunned meetings or extensive contacts, preferring to stay low key. A source familiar with Tareen’s medical history said that he has been frequently visiting London for medical treatment for many years and he’s availed the lockdown period to focus on his health.

Two leaders of PTI in UK, when contacted, confirmed that they had approached Jahangir Tareen for a social meeting but they said he declined to meet stating that he was resting and not meeting anyone at this stage.

However, it has been learnt that Tareen has met at least two trusted friends from the business community for who are not involved in Pakistani politics. Both are well-reputed businessman from Pakistan and have been in London for the last two months. And both are also said to have close ties with Nawaz Sharif.

However, some internal sources have revealed that Tareen send message to Nawaz Sharif to have a meeting but it was denied by Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif has set a condition for the meeting and he wants Jehangir Tareen to hold press conference and unveil all the facts and deals that led Imran Khan to Prime Minister’s office. Lets see if Tareen agrees to reveal all the facts, deals and plans to dislodge Nawaz Sharif and bring PTI into power, it would be great blow not only for Imran Khan but also for Establishment.

 

 

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