Business ventures Ali Tareen oversees aspects of his family's agricultural and sugar enterprises, including the JDW Group. He has been involved in initiatives to introduce modern farming techniques and promote sustainable agricultural practices with his business in
South Punjab. In 2018, Tareen co-acquired the
PSL franchise
Multan Sultans with his uncle,
Alamgir Khan Tareen. After Alamgir Tareen's passing in 2023, Ali became the principal owner of the team. In April 2025, he publicly expressed concern over the PSL's revised financial model, calling for more sustainable franchise terms. Later that year, he also criticised the league's decision to repeatedly select singer
Ali Zafar for the official PSL anthem, urging greater representation of new artists.
Political career Following his father's disqualification from the
National Assembly in 2017, Ali Tareen contested the by-election for the
NA-155 Lodhran-II constituency as a candidate of the
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He was defeated by
Muhammad Iqbal Shah of the
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). †
By-election held following the disqualification of Jahangir Khan Tareen by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in December 2017. Sources:
Social initiatives Tareen has launched several initiatives to promote cricket and education in South Punjab. In 2019, he established the
Ali Tareen Cricket Academy in
Lodhran to provide training facilities for emerging players from rural areas. In 2023, he introduced a scholarship programme enabling students from the region to pursue graduate studies at the
University of Oxford. ==Personal life==