After remaining out of the scene, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen has decided to form a new national-level political party”, sources privy to the development said on Friday. PTI leaders upset with the party are also expected to join the new setup. Apart from those, many political families from Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzzafargarh, Lodhran and Multan are expected to join hands with Tareen. The sources claimed that many “important leaders” from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have also contacted the former PTI leader. Sources shared that Tareen will be patron-in-chief of the party.
Tareen was the secretary general of the PTI before he was ousted from politics in 2017 after the Supreme Court disqualified him for being “dishonest” on a petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Hanif Abbasi.
Abbasi had approached the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, and Tareen. However, despite the disqualification, Tareen remained part of PTI and was crucial in wooing independent lawmakers to join the Imran Khan-led party after the 2018 elections. His efforts proved critical as they helped Khan secure the prime ministership in 2018.
But after coming to power Tareen and PTI leader Aleem Khan’s relationship with the PTI turned sour.
