Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahnagir Khan Tareen on Saturday resigned as general secretary of the party following disqualification from the apex court. In his resignation letter, Tareen stated him and the PTI Chairperson Imran Khan both faced strict accountability.
He stated it is inappropriate to hold his post after the SC verdict. “Imran has turned PTI into a huge political power and I hope he accepts my resignation,” the disqualified PTI leader said.
“Unfortunately, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has disqualified me on an interpretation of a legal term,” Tareen wrote in his resignation letter sent to Imran.
Terming his relationship with Imran Khan as an asset, Tareen said he would continue to be a part of the PTI as a political worker. Earlier on Saturday Imran met Tareen in Islamabad and discussed varying aspects of the SC’s decision with him. During their meeting, the PTI chairman also asked Tareen to continue performing his duties as PTI’s secretary general.
It was worth mentioned here that apex Court on Friday disqualified Jahangir Tareen from holding a public office for concealing his 12-acre Hyde House property in the United Kingdom in nomination his papers before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
