Prof Muzaffar’s janaza held at JS South Plaza
They paid the homage by placing a wreath on his coffin draped with the red-green national flag.
The first namaz-e-janaza of Bangladesh National Awami Party-NAP (Muzaffar) President Professor Muzaffar Ahmed was held at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad at 11 am today.
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafes Osman, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmood Chowdhury, Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, Whip Atiqur Rahman Atik, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Matin Khasru, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology AFM Rahul Haque, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Public Enterprises ASM Feroz, joint secretaries of AL Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif, MP, and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, office secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, MP, president of Workers Party Rashed Khan Menon, MP, president of Communist Party Mujahidul Islam Selim, general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Shirin Akhter, MP, party leaders and other dignitaries joined the namaj-e-zanaja.
A munajat was offered on the occasion, seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Prof Muzaffar, where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker DR Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, ministers, parliament members and leaders of different political parties joined the munajat.
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Later, the Prime Minister and the Speaker paid rich tributes to one of the political luminaries of the country Prof Muzaffar Ahmed, also a member of the advisory council of the Mujibnagar government that led Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
They paid the homage by placing a wreath on his coffin draped with the red-green national flag.
After laying the wreath, the premier stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Prof Muzaffar
