Kazi Zafar Ahmed. Star file photo
The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former
prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi
this morning.
BNP central committee member Hasan Uddin Sarkar, general secretary of
JP's Gazipur city unit Asad Siddiqui, leaders of the BNP-led 20-party
alliance to which Jafar’s JP faction belongs, among others attended the
janaza.
Zafar’s first namaz-e-janaza was held here as per his wish around 8:15 am, sources said.
Earlier, Zafar’s body had been taken to the Biswa Ijtema ground around 7:45 am.
His second namaz-e-janaza will be held later at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Friday morning.
Later, his body will be taken to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque where the third janaza will be held after Juma prayers.
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, also former presidium member of the Ershad-led Jatiya Party, passed away on Thursday morning. He was 76.
Kazi Zafar, who earned reputation as a leftist student leader in the
1960s, served as commerce minister, deputy prime minister and finally
prime minister in the Ershad's government in the 80s.
He was Prime Minister from March 20, 1989 to December 6, 1990.
Born in 1939 in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla, Kazi Zafar obtained MA degree in history from Dhaka University.
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad sacked Zafar from his party on
November 29, 2013 as he made ‘derogatory’ remarks against the former
military ruler following his decision to join the 10th parliamentary
elections and the election-time cabinet.
Later, Zafar reconstituted the Jatiya Party committee by removing its
chief HM Ershad and claimed he is the chairman of the new committee
while Ghulam Moshi its secretary general.
On January 25, 2014, Kazi Zafar-led faction of Jatiya Party joined the BNP-led alliance.
