Aun Chaudhry
Aun Chaudhry | |
|---|---|
| Advisor to the Prime Minister on Tourism and Sports | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Spokesperson of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2023 | |
| President | Aleem Khan |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 29 February 2024 – 11 October 2024 | |
| Constituency | NA-128 Lahore-XII |
| Special Coordinator to the Chief Minister of Punjab on Political Affairs | |
| In office 15 December 2020 – 6 August 2021 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| In office 11 September 2018 – 15 December 2020 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1970 |
| Political party | IPP (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PMLN (2021-2023) PTI (2013-2021) |
| Spouse | Noor Bukhari |
| Relations | Muhammad Amin Zulqernain (brother) |
Muhammad Aun Saqlain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was also an advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif on tourism and sports from April 2022 to August 2023.
Personal life
[edit]He married former actress Noor Bukhari in 2012 but ended their relationship after a few months. They eventually remarried in 2020.[1] However his marriage certificate is questionable as Noor Bukhari was still in Nikkah of her former spouse when they both got married.
Political career
[edit]He previously served as Chief Coordinator to the Chief Minister of Punjab, Usman Buzdar, from December 2020 to August 2021.[2]
He is the brother of dissident PTI MPA Amin Chaudhry, who voted for Hamza Shehbaz in the 2022 Chief Minister of Punjab Elections.[3] In 2018, soon after the general elections, Aun was appointed as Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab, in which position he served until 2020.[4]
He was asked to resign from the Punjab Cabinet after the sugar scandal cases against Jahangir Tareen; however, the Punjab government denied receiving his resignation.[5][6][7]
Later he was dismissed from his office. Imran Khan expelled him from PTI in July 2021 on advice of his wife Bushra Bibi. He was a candidate for NA-128 Lahore-XII in the 2024 Pakistani general election, running as a member of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. Independent journalists such as Secunder Kermani expected the seat to be overwhelmingly won by the PTI-affiliated candidate Salman Akram Raja, on the basis of voter interviews.[8] However, while Form 45 from the Election Commission of Pakistan showed Raja with a decisive lead, the more final Form 47 reported Chaudhry as having won 172,576 votes to Raja's 159,024 votes. Raja, PTI supporters, and independent journalists claimed the ECP Form 47 results showed clear evidence of rigging by the Army, and the Lahore High Court issued a stay on a final declaration of the results by ECP until a hearing could be fixed to investigate the matter.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Noor Bukhari, Aun Chaudhry blessed with baby boy". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Awn Chaudhry got a new responsibility in Punjab government". December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Aun Chaudhry appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif". April 19, 2022.
- ^ "PTI Leader Aub Chaudhry appointed Advisor to CM Punjab". September 12, 2018.
- ^ "The three year scorecard". September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Punjab lawmakers come out in support of Tareen". 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Aun Chaudhry, too, quits". 7 August 2021.
- ^ https://twitter.com/SecKermani/status/1755878571489263654
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/news/40288118
- ^ https://twitter.com/umairjav/status/1755876047663321413