ISLAMABAD – After the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wednesday lodgedcase against Jahangir Tareen accusing him of committing Rs 3.25 billionfraud, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) termed the allegations asbaseless.
The PTI leader said in his statement that his personal and family assetsare declared and all members are taxpayers. He said he did his businesswith honesty and suffered loss.
Jahangir Tareen went on to say that complete record of his business andtransfer of cash is available, and has also been shown to the FIA. Heclaimed that all funds were transferred abroad through legal bankingchannel.
It is pertinent here to mention that the FIA lodged case against JahangirKhan Tareen and his son Ali Tareen earlier today for their involvement insugar scandal.
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Jahangir Tareen’s family, including son-in-law, has been accused ofcommitting fraud of Rs 3.25 billion. The amount was moved from JahangirTareen’s JDW company to his son-in-law’s unfunctional paper factory and wasthen transferred to the accounts of Tareen family.
Furthermore, a case has also been filed against Jahangir Tareen’sright-hand man Rana Naseem who was former agriculture secretary. Sourcesfamiliar with the matter have informed that Rana Naseem was involved inembezzlement while purchasing sugarcane. He worked as chief financialassistant in Tareen’s company.
