Danyal Chaudhry

Chaudhry is the son of Chaudhary Tanvir Khan.{{cite news |title=Young candidates claim to make difference once elected |url=https://pakobserver.net/young-candidates-claim-to-make-difference-once-elected/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=Pakistan Observer |date=21 January 2024}}

He began his political career in 2018 and ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-62 Rawalpindi-VI as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in the 2018 Pakistani general election{{cite news |title=Fierce election battle shape up in NA 60 and NA 62 |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/428285 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=Brecorder |date=12 July 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=PPP becomes only party to field female candidate in NA-62, Rawalpindi |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1416516 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 June 2018 |language=en}} but was unsuccessful. He received 91,879 votes, losing to Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, who garnered 119,362 votes.{{cite web |title=2018 General Election Result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/1/National%20Assembly1.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan. |access-date=15 June 2024}} Media reports indicated that nominating Chaudhry as a PML-N candidate for the election also led to internal conflicts within the party ranks.{{cite news |title=Ch Tanveer’s family dominates PML-N politics in Pindi |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/21-Jul-2018/ch-tanveer-s-family-dominates-pml-n-politics-in-pindi?show=566 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Nation |date=21 July 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Anwar |first1=Shahzad |title=All eyes on PML-N, PTI’s battle royale today |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1765893/eyes-pml-n-ptis-battle-royale-today |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Express Tribune |date=25 July 2018 |language=en}}

In September 2022, a Rawalpindi court had charged Chaudhry and his father with illegally seizing government property after an Anti-Corruption Department had alleged that both illegally occupied 27 acres of government land in 2019.{{cite news |title=سرکاری زمین پر قبضے کا الزام، چوہدری تنویر اور چوہدری دانیال پر فرد جرم عائد |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1140331 |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Daily Jang |date=6 September 2022}}

In the 2024 Pakistani general election, he again received a PML-N ticket to run for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-57 Rawalpindi-VI.{{cite news |title=PML-N awards tickets in Islamabad, Rawalpindi to old faces |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/12-Jan-2024/pml-n-awards-tickets-in-islamabad-rawalpindi-to-old-faces |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Nation |date=12 January 2024}} According to media reports, he also submitted nomination papers to run for seat in NA-56 Rawalpindi-V as well a seat in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.{{cite news |title=Poll-prep enters next phase after nominations filed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1800563 |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=25 December 2023 |language=en}} Some influential leaders of PML-N from the constituency, including the Senior Vice President of PML-N Rawalpindi, strongly opposed the party's decision to nominate Danyal as the candidate and announced a boycott of the election campaign in protest.{{cite news |last1=Asghar |first1=Imran |title=Political temperatures spike in NA-57 |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2449732/political-temperatures-spike-in-na-57 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Express Tribune |date=12 December 2023 |language=en}}

A few days prior to the election, he, along with his father and brothers, was booked by the police after being accused in the assassination attempt of Chaudhry Muhammad Adnan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who was also running in the 2024 general election from same Constituency NA-57 Rawalpindi-VI as Chaudhry.{{cite news |title=Police book 4 PML-N leaders in PTI former MPA Ch Adnan murder case |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Feb-2024/police-book-4-pml-n-leaders-in-pti-former-mpa-ch-adnan-murder-case |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=The Nation |date=14 February 2024}} According to the First information report (FIR), Adnan had a political rivalry with Chaudhry and his father Chaudhry Tanveer Khan.{{cite news |last1=Asghar |first1=Mohammad |title=PML-N leader, MNA-elect booked for ex-MPA's murder in Rawalpindi |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1814041 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=14 February 2024 |language=en}}

Subsequently, Chaudhry won the 2024 Pakistani election from constituency NA-57 Rawalpindi-VI as a PML-N candidate.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=ECP snubs Nawaz’s plea against NA-15 results |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2456628/ecp-snubs-nawazs-plea-against-na-15-results |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Express Tribune |date=16 February 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Danyal Chaudhary wins NA-57 |url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/danyal-chaudhary-wins-na-57/ |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=APP |date=9 February 2024}} He received 83,331 votes while runner up Independent Supported (PTI) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, candidate Seemabia Tahir received 56,789 votes.{{cite news|url=https://elections.dunyanews.tv/election2024/search_result.php?assembly=national&code=57|title=NA-57 - Rawalpindi 6|work=Dunya News|date=9 February 2024|access-date=9 February 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-57|title= NA-57 Rawalpindi 6|work=Geo News|date=11 February 2024|access-date=11 February 2024}} On 29 February, he assumed the office as the Member of the National Assembly.{{cite web |title=Attendance dated 29 February 2024 |url=https://na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/65e1dc4f4f078_511.pdf |publisher=National Assembly of Pakistan |access-date=15 June 2024}}

Following the election, police arrested the shooters of Adnan and said that they have "obtained important information [from ‘shooters] which could lead them to the mastermind of the murder". They sent a request to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to place the names of Chaudhry and his father on the Provincial National Identification List (PNIL) to prevent them from leaving Pakistan, and also made them part of the investigation related to the assassination of Adnan. Subsequently, Chaudhry, together with his father Chaudhary Tanvir Khan, was added to the FIA's PNIL in March 2024 and were barred from leaving Pakistan.{{cite news |last1=Asghar |first1=Mohammad |title=PML-N lawmakers on no-fly list in ex-MPA murder case |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1818990/pml-n-lawmakers-on-no-fly-list-in-ex-mpa-murder-case |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=4 March 2024 |language=en}} According to media reports, Adnan had repeatedly expressed concerns about his safety, indicating that he perceived Chaudhry and his father as a threat and also made it explicitly clear that if any harm came to him, he would hold Chaudhry and his father accountable.{{cite news |title=Case registered in killing of former PTI MPA in Rawalpindi |url=https://www.samaa.tv/208739679-case-registered-in-killing-of-former-pti-mpa-in-rawalpindi |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=samaa |date=13 February 2024}}

The police officer who captured the "shooters" involved in the assassination of Adnan was removed from his post in March 2024. The removal caused surprise in police circles.{{cite news |title=SHO who traced ex-MPA's alleged shooters transferred |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1819677 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=7 March 2024 |language=en}}

On 6 June, the court granted interim bail to Chaudhry, but ordered the police to arrest his father.{{cite news |last1=Naseer |first1=Tahir |title=چوہدری عدنان قتل کیس: عدالت کا (ن) لیگ کے سابق سینیٹر چوہدری تنویر کی گرفتاری کا حکم |url=https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1235174 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=Dawn News Urdu |date=6 June 2024 |language=ur}}

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