Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry, also known as Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, may be a Pakistani politician who has been in office since April 19, 2019, the current Federal Minister for Science and Technology.
Prior to that, he was the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting from August 20, 2018 to April 18, 2019. He has a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan . He has been a member of the core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since June 4. 2019
Prior to that, he served in the Federal Cabinet of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as Special Assistant for Information and Dog Mass and Political Opinion., respectively, between April 2012 and March 2013.
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He had contested the Punjab Provincial Assembly seat as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-25 (Jhelum II) in the 2002 Pakistani elections but failed. 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.[5]
In January 2012, he resigned as media coordinator of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).[6] In March 2012, he quit APML and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[7] 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 affairs of state with the status of a minister of state[8] where he continued to serve until June 2012 when[9] the federal cabinet was dissolved following the disqualification of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected Prime Minister [11] and Chaudhry was reinstated in the federal cabinet. He was appointed as Special Assistant for Prime Minister on Political Affairs[12] where he served until March 2013.[13]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-Quaid from NA-63 (Jhelum-II) in 2013 Pakistani election but was unsuccessful. 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.[14]
In June 2016, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[15][16]
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
In November 2016, he was appointed because the spokesperson of PTI.[18] In March 2018, he was given the extra charge of Secretary Information of PTI after the resignation of Mr. Shafqat Mahmood.[19][20][21]
In June 2018, he was allocated PTI ticket to contest the 2018 Pakistani election from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II).[22] An election tribunal rejected the nomination papers of Chaudhry after a petition was filed claiming Fawad had not paid agriculture tax.[23] The Lahore tribunal allowed Chaudhry to contest the election after he filed an appeal in court against the election tribunal's decision.[24][25]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II) in 2018 election. He received 93,102 votes and defeated Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[26] within 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.[27] Following his successful election, he expressed interest to become the Chief Ministers of Punjab in a very TV broadcast.[28][29]
In April 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a serious reshuffle of the federal cabinet and Chaudhry was removed as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting.[32] He was subsequently appointed as Federal Minister for Science and Technology.[33][34]
In May 2019, Chaudhry launched Pakistan's first official moon-sighting website and issued five-year calendar supported scientific readings of the moon’s movement in a very bid to finish Pakistan's moon-sighting controversy,
policits career
He had contested the Punjab Provincial Assembly seat as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-25 (Jhelum II) in the 2002 Pakistani elections but failed. 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.[5]
In January 2012, he resigned as media coordinator of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).[6] In March 2012, he quit APML and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[7] 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 affairs of state with the status of a minister of state[8] where he continued to serve until June 2012 when[9] the federal cabinet was dissolved following the disqualification of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected Prime Minister [11] and Chaudhry was reinstated in the federal cabinet. He was appointed as Special Assistant for Prime Minister on Political Affairs[12] where he served until March 2013.[13]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-Quaid from NA-63 (Jhelum-II) in 2013 Pakistani election but was unsuccessful. 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.[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
In November 2016, he was appointed because the spokesperson of PTI.[18] In March 2018, he was given the extra charge of Secretary Information of PTI after the resignation of Mr. Shafqat Mahmood.[19][20][21]
In June 2018, he was allocated PTI ticket to contest the 2018 Pakistani election from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II).[22] An election tribunal rejected the nomination papers of Chaudhry after a petition was filed claiming Fawad had not paid agriculture tax.[23] The Lahore tribunal allowed Chaudhry to contest the election after he filed an appeal in court against the election tribunal's decision.[24][25]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-67 (Jhelum-II) in 2018 election. He received 93,102 votes and defeated Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[26] within 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.[27] Following his successful election, he expressed interest to become the Chief Ministers of Punjab in a very TV broadcast.[28][29]
In May 2019, Chaudhry launched Pakistan's first official moon-sighting website and issued five-year calendar supported scientific readings of the moon’s movement in a very bid to finish Pakistan's moon-sighting controversy,
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