Nadeem Afzal Chan


Nadeem Afzal Chan also known as Nadeem Afzal Gondal is a Pakistani politician who is currently spokesperson of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 15 January 2019. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Early life

He was born on 1 April 1975. He belongs to a well-known Gondal family of Mandi Bahauddin.

Political career

He began his political career as a tehsil nazim from Malakwal in 2001.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-64 as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party in Pakistani general election, 2008. He received 65,628 and defeated Muhammad Farooq Baha-ul-Haq Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League . In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-119 as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 316 votes and lost the seat to Waseem Afzal Gondal, a candidate of PPP. He served as the chairman of the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee from April 2012 to March 2013.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-64 as a candidate of PPP in Pakistani general election, 2013 but was unsuccessful. He received 67,212 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah.
In October 2017, he resigned from the post of Secretary General of PPP Punjab.
In April 2018, he quit PPP and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-88 as a candidate of PTI in Pakistani general election, 2018 but was unsuccessful.
On 15 January 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Chan as his spokesperson, in honorary capacity. The same day, he was also appointed as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Imran Khan on Parliamentary Coordination, in honorary capacity. On August 23, 2019, media sources claimed that he resigned from his position, but the Pakistani government denied the rumors.
One of his audio call with his close friend was leaked in which he openly confessed the failures of his govt for tackling the Covid 19 disease. According to him as per internal and secrets reports, their were about 1000 people dying every day by this pandemic, which govt was intentionally hiding from public.