Fawad is likely to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with 100 party workers, former legislators and political heavyweights in the coming weeks, The Express Tribune has learnt.
Fawad’s reasons for quitting had a familiar echo of marginalisation to those cited by others who’ve recently joined PTI. The former member of APML said he quit because his advice regarding the arrival of Musharraf was not honoured and he had been ignored in the core meetings of his party.
According to an email he sent to Musharraf which was forwarded to the media, Fawad resigned because his “sincere advice on various political matters has not been given due weight”.
Fawad said that last month, when APML held its public meeting in Lahore, he was not on board – and resultantly the gathering flopped.
Sources said the former central media coordinator will bring almost all party office-bearers from Punjab and former legislators. They added he has even persuaded his uncle, Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain who is currently the party’s chief coordinator, to join PTI with him. In the coming weeks, Hussain is likely to announce his decision to join PTI.
Sources also added that Fawad was likely to contest the upcoming general election from Jhelum district, his family’s traditional constituency.
Fawad, however, has not confirmed publicly his intention to join PTI and has said that talks with PTI, Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid were ongoing. Asked about whether Musharraf would comply with the stated deadline of his arrival in Pakistan, he said that it was doubtful.
PTI’s Central Information Secretary, Shafqat Mehmood, said he has ‘just learnt’ that Fawad had quit APML, but said he had no knowledge of whether he was joining PTI or not.
APML’s former Punjab Information Secretary, Javed Badar, lashed out at Fawad, calling him an ‘opportunist man’ who left an already shaken APML when Musharraf needed his support most. He added that APML was now disintegrating over monetary issues and tussles over control of party funds.
Earlier, former federal law and parliamentary affairs minister Sardar Sher Afghan Khan quit the APML.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2012.
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Would somebody please tell APML’s former Punjab Information Secretary, Javed Badar, that it was common sense suggested by Chaudhry Fawad Hussain that the party and the President should not announce a date for the arrival of Pervaiz Musharaf until every thing becomes clear. Those wiser by a half blocked his way out. If I was in his place I too would have left.
@SimHum: @Bilal: @Tanzeel: @Fasih Ali Khan: @th: He's resigned from position as Media Coordinator but still is very much member of APML.
this hillarious why doesnt he name Musharraf the party "Co-Chairman, when it is very clear that IK is unable to get his hands off Musharraf's men
Rats Jumping a sinking ship
IK should say no to these guys.
What a politics....Chaudhry Fawad Hussain will join PTI and Musharraf will never come back to Pakistan. Nice strategy Mr Musharraf
while a shock..lets see where things go. a lot of this might be opportunism.
As a regular paid member of PTI, im proud of the fact that people from various spectra are joining PTI, yes alot of opportunists might also join, but the whole focus is on moving forwards, taking Pakistan to where it should have been, we as a nation are corrupt and very wrongly emotional, but the path to glory comes with time, support IK to make Pakistan what the QUaid dreamt of, and what Arfa Kareem wanted to see it as! Long live Pakistan............
@Khuram: Please remember the 'war on terror' commenced immediately after 9/11 and your Leader was 'hand and glove' with Musharraf TILL 2003 as such he very much agreed to all Musharraf did, even supporting in refendum. he fell out with with Musharraf when he realised that he was NOT getting the primeministership on a silver platter.
for all the Mush supporters and fans i have 3 words (actually just 3 characters) for you
N R O
APML is nothing but Musharraf and a bunch of nobodies....the party is sunk and so is Mush. He should retire with whatever dignity he has in some circles while he still has it. Coming to Pakistan will humiliate him and tax the security services for a guy who has no chance anyway. Fawwad is smart to abandon ship while there is still a chance to do so and go somewhere...once its totally disgraced everyone left on board will be stigmatized for the rest of their political careers.....a cleaner political landscape is in the best interests of the country anyway. Its Imran's time now and its up to him to either do something good and dash the hopes of tens of millions.
lol @ this trend. I was ignored and I m joining some other party.
people are making comments as if fawad has joined pti.... he hasnt even joined pti and everybody is assuming as if he is pti just shows how popular pti is
He will join pti but he is not big leader.musharraf era is finished already in 2008.IK is the best option.
APML (Musharraf Party) is doing all this development as an strategic tool, which also include holding a small rally of 7000 Bengalis at Mazar-e-Quaid where some big parties already made a show by gathering lakhs of people, just to show that APML has failed as a party and ultimately Musharraf may join MQM for just Karachi politics
PTI should say "No" to him
Who's the Taanga Party now?!?!?!?
Najam Sethi had predicted this in his last program that FC is not having a good time in APML and his advice not being heard there. FC had told MUSH to not arrive PAK but he was sidelined.
I dont think PTI will able to give him ticket from Jehlum as PTI already has candidates from there. If he want to join without any office, he may be welcome.
Most of Hamkhayals, PML-F, some PML-Q who was Musharraf allies already in alliance with PML-N, so now no need of this criticism by PML-N otherwise they has to announce that no alliance with Musharraf supporters.
@You Said It: You are mistaken.. Not only female but minorities also support Sir Musharraf. We were safer and happier when he was the head of the state.
@Sahar: very well said dear. Thumbs up.
APML core committee? What is that? Who is in it? APML is joke.
Tomorrow Musharraf will also be ready the join the PTI!!!
Observed him as a very rude man, and accordingly he has joined PTI, bravo, all the opportunists travelling to the land of fairies
LOL
So he joins PTI too, all Musharraf team is in PTI. Just need to bring in Musharraf too.
Better sence has prevailed.PTI needs people like Fawad and he doesnt have any future with Mush.How can you follow a guy as a political leader who is favour of Coup.
funny to know that people still think that when musharraf will be back, Imran's supporters will go back to Musharraf. joke of the day. I am Imran's supporter and I hate musharraf from day 1 for his kartoot i.e army operations, lal masjid, missing persons and list goes on. he is thinking that he will have a huge support of people after coming back to pakistan but I can tell you today, he will hardly survive. there is so much hatred for him in this country.
@Sahar:
Disappointed, i thought APML support was all male.
Matter of time before Musharraf also resigns from APML because no one is consulting him either about his own return Plus no one is showing up to his rallies. Maybe if he asks nicely, PTI will let him in.
inshallah fawad will come back and for those who like pti let me tell u once imran khan was with musharaf irespective of (being accepting mistake ) we must make dua that whoever comes next must take pakistan forward and should keep pakistan first!!
@Sahar:
you are right Khan won't be able to grab more then bunch of ppl from APML... there only 2-3 ppl in total.. so half of the party has left him already... lol..
Sounds like a lot of people want to jump off a sinking ship called the SS Musharraf. I am sorry it took so long for these sychophants to realize that the former dictator still is more loyal to the army than the country and her constitution. Moreover 9 years of his dictatorship has people calling him yesterday's man. The Muslim world has little appetite for dictators in power any more.
APML leadership, what the heck is that. Good thing he resigned himself in any case the quake of Musharaf was rocking his rubber boat.
Who was he?
It's not a good timing.
Party,s becomes with leadership behaviour and to joining APML is a very courageous steps becomes with sacrifices whether consulting any matter depends upon personal developments every time we wish to happen things accordingly but it could not hapen it count when anybody who changes his views b/c it the failure of leader qualities if someone is not going to discuss there would be any reason and to get notice ur performance should be improved stil u cant imagine to deliver a manifesto how hardships havn to face and these some views to share where ever u go u have to face these challenges
Not the right time to leave.
APML has fallen at the first hurdle (husrat un ghunchon pai jo bin khilai murja gay).
gud fawad join tehreek e insaf
This is a sad news. I am sure a few things must be going wrong in the party and Musharraf must take care of it right away.
2 persons... Fawad Chaudhry and Barrister Saif... must be in party. They are young with energy and very sincere and hard working.
Mr. Musharraf! Do not lose these people. They are assets and I am sure you will look and settle down this matter immediately.
@Sahar: You mean there's more than couple of people in APML? BREAKING NEWS ALERT!!!!!
definitely a shock...fawad chaudhry should reconsider and every effort should be made to bring him back. i would hate to see him go to PTI. that cannot happen.
Everything will get settled upon arrival of Musharraf. As for PTI is concerned, IK must remember that PTI is currently riding on Musharraf's votebank. Musharraf's voter will eventually return to APML when Musharraf' arrives.
Plz join PTI as it needs all mushraff follwers as both are one and same.
Unfortunate, I hope he reconsiders his decision and not resign. This hurts the party. Nonetheless, there are numerous other politicians also joining APML. Regardless, APML and it's ideology must go on.
apml should change it's name to all pervez musharraf league
all set to join pti
I think after Musharraf pronoucement that he will support Army if it decides to stage a coup and break the constitution, no right-minded person should be seen standing beside him.
So there are now single digit of people left in APML :)
Good job Mr. Fawad, you did timely decision after knowing the threat to Musharaf and how unpopular he is in Sindhi, Baloch and Pakhtoon population.
Extremely shocking. If I were APML chairman I would have REQUESTED him to join the party back.
The Biblical saying "As you sow, so shall you reap' rings so true today.
Well done. save his own respect.
musharraf can barely organise a rally or control his party much less run the country.
Sad News for APML Indeed. I hope he Re-considers his descion. Party leadership should do their best to get him aboard.
who is part of the leadership ** of apml
in a programme on ary faisal javed khan of pti told Fawad Chaudhry to stop following the wrong path and join pti . Has fawad chaudhry taken his advice ?? time will tell
anyway big loss for mush. Fawad chaudhry used to defend him well on media
A big loss really for APML, but I hope differences will be settled, that is the beauty of democracy