Fawad Chaudhry

Fawad Chaudhry
Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office
14 April 2021 – 10 April 2022
DeputyFarrukh Habib (State Minister)
Preceded byShibli Faraz
Succeeded byMarriyum Aurangzeb
In office
20 August 2018 – 18 April 2019
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byMaryam Aurangzeb
Succeeded byFirdous Ashiq Awan as Special Assistant
Minister for Science and Technology
In office
18 April 2019 – 14 April 2021
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byAzam Swati
Succeeded byShibli Faraz
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Political Affairs
In office
April 2012 – April 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
Preceded byNawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi
ConstituencyNA-67 (Jhelum-II)
Majority10,607
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
RelativesChaudhry Mohammad Awais (grandfather)
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain (uncle)[1]
Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain (uncle)[1]
Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain (uncle)[1]
Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf (cousin)
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Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry (Urdu: فواداحمد حسین چوہدری) is a Pakistani politician who served as federal minister for Information and Broadcasting, in office since 14 April 2021 to 10 April 2022.[2] On 24 May 2023 announced he is taking "break" from politics.

Previously, he held the office of federal minister for Science and Technology from 19 April 2019 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He was a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's core committee from 4 June 2019 till 24 May 2023.

Previously, he has also 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 respectively, between April 2012 and March 2013.

  1. ^ a b c "A Potohari family album ‹ The Friday Times". The Friday Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ Dawn.com (15 April 2021). "Fawad Chaudhry appointed information minister a second time". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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