Fayaz-ul-Hasan Chohan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

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from August 2018 till January 2023. He was also th
Official Spokesperson to the Chief Minister of Punjab
an
President of the Directorate General Public Relations
He has previously served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information, Culture, Colonies and Prisons from 27 August 2018 till 30 March 2020.

Early life and education

He was born on 21 May 1970 in

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in a Chohan family of the

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tribe. He received the degree of

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from the

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, in 1994 and is a computer

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by profession.

Political career

Associated with the

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, he was elected to the

as a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

(MMA) from Constituency PP-14 (Rawalpindi-XIV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 13,738 votes and defeated Rashid Naseem Abbasi, a candidate of

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(PPP). From 12 August 2003 till dissolution of assembly in 2007, he was the Chairperson of Standing Committee on Social Welfare, Women Development and Bait-ul-Maal and member of Standing Committee on Revenue, Relief & Consolidation. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency from PP-14 (Rawalpindi-XIV) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 4,166 votes and lost the seat to Hanif Abbasi. He was re-elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PTI) from Constituency PP-17 (Rawalpindi-XII) in

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. He received 40,919 votes and defeated

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. On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for information and culture. He resigned as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture on 5 March 2019 after intense criticism over his offensive remarks against the Hindu community. On 5 July 2019 he was re-inducted into Provincial Punjab Cabinet of Chief Minister

and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Colonies. On 2 December 2019, He was again appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. On 2 December 2020, He was removed from his post of Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. In November 2020, He was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons. He is currently Serving as th
Official Spokesperson to the Chief Minister of Punjab
an
President of the Directorate General Public Relations
Government of Punjab.

Views

Shortly after becoming Provincial Minister of Punjab for information and culture in August 2018, he stirred a controversy when he used obscene language against TV channel staff during an interview on 30 August 2018. The same day, he was videotaped passing "vulgar and derogatory misogynistic remarks" against female artists of

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. Both incidents earned him severe criticism. Fayyaz resigned in March 2019 from the Punjab provincial cabinet after some of his remarks in the wake of India-Pakistan conflict in 2019. In order to highlight how exalted his motherland Pakistan is vis-a-vis India, he downgraded Indians using vulgar and derogatory comments. This was particularly derogatory to the Hindu community of his country. He was asked for a clarification from Pakistan Punjab Province Chief Minister

and Prime Minister

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. Chohan apologised for his derogatory remarks and insisted that his remarks were aimed at Indian armed forces and Indian government and not against any Hindu community. Though Chohan apologized, he had to resign from the cabinet. Later on, he served as provincial information minister for Punjab government until his removal on 2 November 2020 and appointment as Minister for colonies.Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan removed as Punjab's information minister
Geo News, 2 November 2020.

References

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