However, this relationship might run into difficulty soon as one of the country’s intelligence agencies has warned Imran Khan to disassociate himself from Aown Chaudhry, The Nation has learnt through multiple sources.
Imran Khan has been communicated that his continued relationship with Aown Chaudhry can damage his reputation in public, sources say.
The sudden rise of Aown Chaudhry through the PTI ranks has been viewed with both jealousy and suspicion by the party leadership and cadres. The real reason of the confidence that Aown enjoys in the eyes of Imran Khan remains a secret, party leaders say.
Aown Chaudhry is a Lahore-based businessman and former husband of film actress Noor. He has a ubiquitous presence in all of Khan’s activities, often seen standing behind the PTI leader during press briefings or sitting with him in Islamabad’s popular eateries.
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Background interviews with some PTI’s leaders reveal that a number of party leaders and workers have dislikes for the role of Head of the Chairman Secretariat for a long time but, despite their all-out efforts, they have failed to limit his influence at the Bani Gala residence of Khan.
“We dislike his (Mr Chaudhry) role as Head of Chairman’s Secretariat at Bani Gala as he is neither a politician nor has long affiliation with the party. He even has sidelined the role of Secretary Information PTI,” said a PTI leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The leader added: “Mr Chaudhry has the blessing of two senior leaders of the party who are very close to Khan these days.”
The PTI leader speculated that perhaps both these two leaders were compelled to do so as they were using Aown Chaudhry to extract information about activities in Bani Gala.
Aown Chaudhry was part of the delegations of Chairman PTI during his recent tour to United Kingdom and to India some months earlier. In India’s tour, Central Information Secretary Naeemul Haq also accompanied chairman while in UK’s tour, two party stalwarts Aleem Khan and Jehangir Khan Tareen were also part of the Khan’s delegation besides Chaudhry.
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Currently, Aown Chaudhry shares a rented residence along with Naeemul Haq in Bani Gala and is responsible for arranging all political meetings of the chairman with the party workers, other political parties, diplomats etc on a daily basis. However, Central Information Secretary has a role in arranging the important meetings in Bani Gala.
“Chaudhry has been facing allegation for leaking party information in the past and was sidelined for some time but then again came close to Khan,” said another PTI leader.
https://nation.com.pk/01-May-2016/aown-chaudhry-the-mysterious-man-close-to-imran-khan
The nation already reported it two years ago. This might also be why Naeem-ul-haq was not allowed entry into Bani Gala early in the day. He was also implicated according to Haroon Rasheed.