Mr. Jahangir Khan Tareen is the Founder of the JDW Group. From a humble beginning in 1992-93, when a small sugar mill of 4,000 tons per day was set up in District Rahim Yar Khan, the group has grown to its present size and composition under his guidance and vision. As Director, Mr. Tareen continues to lead the group, ably supported by a team of dedicated and highly motivated professionals.
Mr. Tareen has also ventured into Farming. He developed and now manages a 2,500 acre Mango and Cotton farm in Lodhran using the most modern farming methods. Many innovations tested upon his farms have been adopted by the Punjab government for dissemination among the poor farmers of Punjab.
Mr. Tareen diversified into the Business world by Investing in a franchise Bottling business and subsequently established JDW Sugar Mills which has developed into Pakistan’s largest and most efficient Sugar milling operations. This is the only Sugar Group in the country which is supported by an associated Sugar cane research organization.
Mr. Tareen was called into public service in 1997 as Chairman of the Punjab Task Force on Agriculture which addressed pressing issues pertaining to the agricultural sector by formulating and implementing innovative policies which left a lasting impact on the sector, most notable of which was the complete annihilation of agriculture pesticide adulteration in Punjab and the ‘One Window’ Agriculture Loaning Operation in which small farmers were able to obtain loans from the Agriculture Development Bank in one seamless operation. Mr. Tareen created Crop Management committees to manage all aspects of the major crops and to bring all stakeholders on the same page in decision making. The Punjab Agriculture sector still continues to benefit from the initiatives and changes brought about at that time.