Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jahangir Tareen who also heads the party’s policy wing and think tank has received American funding of over Rs40 million through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) his private business firm and family NGO working in Lodhran, English-language daily newspaper based in the UAE reported. There are also reports that he will contest coming general elections from Lodhran instead of Rahim Yar Khan.
Jahangir Tareen has also confirmed this but added that his Tareen Education Foundation (TEF) and Ali Tareen Farm (ATF) got the money from the USAID he joined Imran Khan’s led Tehreek-e-Insaf. Tareen Education Foundation (TEF) received nearly Rs. 21 million and Ali Tareen Farm (ATF) got Rs.20 million.
However the newspaper also reported that now Jahangir Tareen is of the view that as his party (PTI) ha ideological differences with US therefore he have stopped making any agreement with US organisations. “I have many other options and offers but I will not indulge into any deal with US now.” said Jahangir Tareen is one of those politicians who has declare his assets & Tax Returns to the Election Commission of Pakistan & general public in past.
In August 2012 PTI senior leaders declared their assets and the list was uploaded on party’s official website. On that list Jahangir Tareen tax paid in 2011 was 49,734,241. In 2010 and 2009 tax paid by Jahangir Tareen was 24,924,525 and 19,395,997 respectively.
Aron Mullal
Great. The PTI ship has sailed for a dead sea.
N Ali
Please stop spreading bullshitt The USAID dont pay a oenny to any individual or groyp they have a special team over here out of 100 tgis team takes back 60 in tgeir sallaries and expenditures and rest of 40 is given to the projects through NGOs I dont know why this Dr sitting in USA is malining some political partt why is a little better among the worst.so once again we know that this dr is a supporter of PMLN and NS thats why he is throwing baseless bullshitt now comming to the next part USA donot support anybody or political party without tgeir intrests and believe me USA has no intrest in PTI and thirdly US or any political party is not that stupid to hive/take money which is audited and why US keeps secret funds for??