ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen has said that the Supreme Court’s ruling on lifetime disqualification is “not applicable” in his case.
The top court, in a historical verdict, on Friday ruled that disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution is for life, barring Nawaz Sharif and Jahangir Tareen from holding public office ever.
“I always believed 62 1(f) to be for life but not applicable in my case,” Tareen tweeted. “Full money trail provided of tax paid income, property declared in assets of children and not mine on advice of tax consultant. This was the only issue. My review is still pending and IA justice will prevail.”
I always believed 62 1(f) to be for life but not applicable in my case.Full money trail provided of tax paid Income, property declared in assets of children and not mine on advice of tax consultant. This was the only issue. My review is still pending and IA justice will prevail
— Jahangir Khan Tareen (@JahangirKTareen) April 13, 2018
On December 15, the apex court had imposed a life ban on Jahangir Khan Tareen, for what the judges ruled was, due to “dishonesty” in his submissions before the court.
The judgement had stated: “The respondent [Tareen] is disqualified in terms of Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution read with Section 99(1)(f) of ROPA for the non-declaration of his property/asset i.e. ‘Hyde House’ in his nomination papers, and in making untrue statement before this Court, that he has no beneficial interest in SVL [offshore company]; therefore, he should cease to hold the office as the member of the National Assembly with immediate effect.”
