1. Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who served as federal minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022.
28 Facts About Fawad Chaudhry
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Fawad Chaudhry had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
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Fawad Chaudhry was a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's core committee from 4 June 2019 till 24 May 2023.
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Fawad Chaudhry belongs to a politically active Punjabi Jat family of the Vains clan, his uncle Chaudhry Altaf Hussain being appointed Governor of Punjab twice while another uncle Chaudhary Iftikhar Hussain has served as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
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Fawad Chaudhry is lawyer by profession and has worked as a political analyst and an anchor for several media organizations.
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Fawad Chaudhry was covering candidate for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-25 in 2002 Pakistani general election.
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Fawad Chaudhry joined former President Pervez Musharraf as his spokesperson in 2009, later he was appointed General Secy.
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In July 2012, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected Prime Minister and Fawad Chaudhry was re-inducted into the federal cabinet.
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Fawad Chaudhry was appointed Special Assistant for Prime Minister on Political Affairs where he served until March 2013.
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Fawad Chaudhry ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-Quaid from NA-63 in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.
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Fawad Chaudhry received 34,072 votes and lost the seat to Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan.
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Fawad Chaudhry received only 82 votes and lost the seat to Raja Muhammad Awais Khan.
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Fawad Chaudhry Joined PTI in 2016 and his role as Party spokesperson made him a star.
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Fawad Chaudhry was main voice of PTI during Panama Case and later became most powerful voice of the Party.
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Fawad Chaudhry ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency Constituency NA-63 in by-election held in August 2016 but was unsuccessful.
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Fawad Chaudhry received 74,819 votes and lost the seat to Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi.
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An election tribunal rejected the nomination papers of Chaudhry after a petition was filed claiming Fawad had not paid agriculture tax.
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Fawad Chaudhry was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-67 in 2018 general election.
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Fawad Chaudhry received 93,102 votes and defeated Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League.
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Fawad Chaudhry received 67,003 votes and defeated Nasir Mehmood, a candidate of PML-N.
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On 18 August 2018, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Fawad Chaudhry was named as Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
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Fawad Chaudhry was appointed Federal Minister for Science and Technology.
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On 24 May 2023, Fawad Chaudhry decided to leave the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
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Fawad Chaudhry publicly announced his retirement from "active politics" and parted ways with Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf, resigning from both his held positions within the party and basic party membership.
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In May 2019, Fawad Chaudhry launched Pakistan's first official moon-sighting website and issued five-year lunar calendar based on scientific readings of the moon's movement in a bid to end Pakistan's moon-sighting controversy, however his move was severely criticized by the religious clerics.
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Fawad Chaudhry is criticized for preferring far left polemic over objective dialogue with legal experts in classical universities.
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Fawad Chaudhry was released from Adiala jail on 1 February 2023 after he was granted bail on the condition that he would not repeat any such words that incite violence against a constitutional institution.
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Fawad Chaudhry's comments triggered a stir and backlash from citizens of India, as Chaudhary stated that "BJP-RSS alliance in India is stoking hatred towards Pakistan, while Pakistan has no hatred towards India".