• Lawyer
• Journalist
in meters- 1.78 m
in feet & inches- 5’ 10”
in pounds- 200 lbs
• Pakistan People's Party (PPP)
• Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid e Azam Group (PML-Q)
• Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
• From 2008 to 2012, he was the media coordinator of APML.
• He became a member of PPP in March 2012.
• He served as Special Assistant for Prime Minister on Political Affairs to the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
• In 2013, he contested elections on PML-Q's ticket for the National Assembly seat in NA-63 (Jhelum-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election but lost.
• In June 2016, he became a member of PTI.
• In November 2016, he became the media spokesperson of PTI.
• On 20 August 2018, he became the Minister for Information and Broadcasting in Pakistan government.
• In April 2019, he became the Federal Minister for Science and Technology.
• In April 2021, he was reappointed as the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
• Smoking cigars
As the Federal Minister for Science and Technology, he launched Pakistan's first official moon-sighting website and calendar in May 2019. The website, called Moon Sighting Pakistan, aimed to resolve moon-sighting controversies before religious festivals. He submitted a five-year Hijri calendar to the Council of Islamic Ideology, later reviewed by the federal cabinet. Despite criticism, he believed the traditional Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was unnecessary.
• Comments about India
Fawad Chaudhry has made controversial statements about India, including claiming responsibility for the Pulwama attack and referring to India as "Endia" after the Chandrayaan-2 mission failed. After the Pulwama attack, he stated in the Pakistan National Assembly that they had hit India. He later clarified his statement, saying they hit India in response to the attack. Regarding the Chandrayaan-2 mission, he tweeted that India should avoid such endeavors.
• Sedition Arrest
On 25 January 2023, Fawad Chaudhry was arrested on the charges of allegedly threatening senior members of the Pakistan Election Commission and their families. The arrest followed an FIR filed by the ECP Secretary Omar Hamid Khan, who accused Chaudhry of using threatening language against the commission and its members. The Islamabad police registered the case under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code. On 1 February 2023, Fawad Chaudhry was granted bail after being detained. The bail came with the condition that he refrain from using inflammatory language targeting constitutional institutions. Despite opposition from both the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the prosecution, the court approved his release.
• Inciting Violence
Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was arrested by the police on 9 May 2023. This led to violent protests by his party supporters. Fawad Chaudhry, who was also arrested during the protests, was released on 16 May 2023 by the order of Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court. Fawad had to promise not to encourage violence. When he came out of the court, he hurriedly ran back inside to avoid being arrested by approaching police officers. His political rivals mocked and made fun of him for this action.
Second wife: Hiba Khan (Married since 2015)
• Nisa Hussain
Mother- Name not known
• Chaudhry Altaf Hussain (Served twice as the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan)
• Javed Hussain Chaudhry (Politician)
• Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry (Longest serving Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, post-partition)
Paternal grandfather: Chaudhry Mohammad Awais (Soldier in British Indian Army)
Maternal grandfather: Chaudhry Shah Mohammad
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