ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former secretary general Jahangir Tareen on Tuesday said he should not be compared with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif since the latter could not provide a money trail.
Talking to reporters before appearing in court in a case pertaining to Article 62 (1)(f), Tareen said that the Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution is extremely “vast” and is open to interpretation in order to ensure that everyone sentenced under the said article does not get similar punishments since the severity of charges can differ.
The Supreme Court had disqualified Nawaz Sharif from holding public office in a landmark decision on the Panama Papers case in July 2017. The judgement had brought Sharif’s third term in power to an unceremonious end, roughly one year before the scheduled general elections which would have seen him become the first Pakistani prime minister to complete a full five-year term.
Also last year, in December, the apex court had handed down its judgement in the Imran Khan, Jahangir Tareen disqualification case. Rejecting PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi’s petition for Khan’s disqualification, the court had, however, disqualified Tareen for being “dishonest”.
