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Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry, also known by the name of Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He is currently serving as spokesperson and Secretary Information of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Previously he served in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as Special Assistant for information and political affairs, and Political Affairs, respectively, between April 2012 and March 2013.

Personal life

He was born to Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain[1]

Born into a Jat family of the Vains clan, he's a lawyer by profession.[2]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-25 (Jhelum-II) in Pakistani general election, 2002 but was unsuccessful. He received only 161 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Tasneem Nasir, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) who received 38,626 votes.[3]

In January 2012, he resigned as media coordinator of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).[4] In March 2012, he quit APML and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[5] In April 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as special assistant to Prime Minister for information and political affairs with the status of a minister of state[6] where he continued to serve until June 2012 when[7] the federal cabinet was dissolved following the disqualification of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.[8] In July 2012, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected Prime Minister[9] and Chaudhry was re-inducted into the federal cabinet. He was appointed as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Affairs[10] where he served until March 2013.[11]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-Q from NA-63 (Jhelum-II) in Pakistani general election, 2013 but was unsuccessful. He received 34,072 votes and lost the seat to Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-24 (Jhelum-I) but was unsuccessful. He received only 82 votes and lost the seat to Raja Muhammad Awais Khan.[12]

In June 2016, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[13][14]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency Constituency NA-63 (Jhelum-II) in by-election held in August 2016 but was unsuccessful. He received 74,819 votes and lost the seat to Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi.[15]

In November 2016, he was appointed the spokesperson of PTI.[16] In March 2018, he was given the additional charge of Secretary Information of PTI after the resignation of Shafqat Mahmood.[17][18][19]

In June 2018, he was allocated PTI ticket to contest the Pakistani general election, 2018 from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II).[20] An election tribunal rejected the nomination papers of Chaudhry after a petition was filed claiming Fawad had not paid agriculture tax.[21] The Lahore High Court allowed Chaudhry to contest the election after he filed an appeal in the court against the election tribunal’s decision.[22][23]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II) in 2018 general election. He received 93,102 votes and defeated Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[24] In the same election, he was also elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-27 (Jhelum-III). He received 67,003 votes and defeated Nasir Mehmood, a candidate of PML-N.[25] Following his successful election, he expressed interest to become the Chief Ministers of Punjab in a TV talk show.[26][27]

On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Chaudhry was named as Minister for Information and Broadcasting.[28]

References

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  1. ↑ Waseem Ashraf Butt: The political fortunes of Jhelum (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: DAWN.COM, 9 May 2013. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  2. ↑ Choosing right man for Punjab CM real test for Imran In: The News. Abgerufen im 8 August 2018 (englisch). 
  3. ↑ 2002 election results. ECP, archiviert vom Original am 26. Januar 2018; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2018.
  4. ↑ Musharraf’s former mediaman joins PPP | The Express Tribune (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Express Tribune, 9 March 2012. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  5. ↑ Ex-APML spokesman Fawad Chaudhry joins PPP (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  6. ↑ From the Newspaper: Gilani appoints Fawad Chaudhry as assistant (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: DAWN.COM, 30 April 2012. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  7. ↑ Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Gillani. Cabinet division, archiviert vom Original am 5. Mai 2017; abgerufen am 2. August 2018.
  8. ↑ Federal Cabinet stands dissolved after Gilani's disqualification: PPP (Memento des Originals vom 2 August 2018 im Internet Archive) In: Geo News. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  9. ↑ Raja Pervaiz Ashraf elected prime minister, new cabinet sworn in (Memento des Originals vom 3 February 2018 im Internet Archive) In: DAWN.COM, 22 June 2012. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  10. ↑ Fawad made special assistant to PM (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Nation, 15 July 2012. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  11. ↑ Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Ashraf. Cabinet division, archiviert vom Original am 23. Januar 2018; abgerufen am 2. August 2018.
  12. ↑ 2013 election results. ECP, archiviert vom Original am 1. Februar 2018; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2018.
  13. ↑ Prominent TV anchor Fawad Chaudhry joins PTI - ARYNEWS (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: ARYNEWS, 8 June 2016. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  14. ↑ Fawad Chaudhry joins PTI, will contest NA- 63 Jhelum by-polls (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: Daily Pakistan Global. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  15. ↑ PML-N wins NA-63, PP-232 by-elections (Memento des Originals vom 5 March 2017 im Internet Archive) In: The News. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 (englisch). 
  16. ↑ PTI appoints Fawad Chaudhry as party spokesperson | The Express Tribune (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Express Tribune, 23 November 2016. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  17. ↑ Vocal Fawad made PTI info secretary (Memento des Originals vom 13 April 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Nation, 13 February 2018. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  18. ↑ PTI appoints Fawad Chaudhry as information secretary (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: ARYNEWS, 12 February 2018. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  19. ↑ Fawad Chaudhry appointed as Secretary Information PTI - Pakistan - Dunya News (Memento des Originals vom 12 February 2018 im Internet Archive) In: Dunya News. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  20. ↑ PTI finalises 85 NA candidates of Punjab (Memento des Originals vom 4 June 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Nation, 4 June 2018. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  21. ↑ PTI's Fawad Chaudhry barred from contesting polls (Memento des Originals vom 27 June 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The News. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 (englisch). 
  22. ↑ PTI's Fawad Chaudhry allowed to contest from NA-67 (Memento des Originals vom 30 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: Geo News. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  23. ↑ LHC overturns election tribunal decision, allows Fawad to contest polls | The Express Tribune (Memento des Originals vom 5 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: The Express Tribune, 28 June 2018. Abgerufen im 2 August 2018 
  24. ↑ ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan. In: www.ecp.gov.pk. Archiviert vom Original am 2. August 2018; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2018.
  25. ↑ ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan. In: www.ecp.gov.pk. Archiviert vom Original am 2. August 2018; abgerufen am 28. Juli 2018.
  26. ↑ Fawad Chaudhry says would be 'great honour' if Imran Khan names him CM Punjab (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive), Geo News, 27 July 2018. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  27. ↑ PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry wishes to become Punjab CM (Memento des Originals vom 28 July 2018 im Internet Archive) In: Daily Pakistan Global, 27 July 2018. Abgerufen im 28 July 2018 
  28. ↑ PM Imran Khan finalises names of 21-member cabinet In: DAWN.COM, 18 August 2018 
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