Qazi_Saleemul_Huq

Quazi Kamal

Quazi Kamal

Bangladeshi politician

Qazi Saleemul Huq (known as Quazi Kamal) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Magura-2 constituency during 1994–1996 and 2001–2006.[1] He is the founder of GQ Group of Industries, a manufacturing based organization in Bangladesh.[2]

Quick Facts Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Magura-2, Preceded by ...

Kamal has been imprisoned since February 2018 for a 10-year sentence in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[3]

Career

Kamal was elected in parliament from Magura-2 in the 1994 by-election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[4] In 2001 he was elected again from the same constituency. He was appointed as the president of Magura District unit of the party.[5]

In January 2008, Kamal was acquitted from a case of abetting former state minister Salahuddin Ahmed in extorting money.[6]

On 10 August 2016, Kamal resigned from the executive committee of BNP over the inclusion of Nitai Roy Chowdhury in the committee.[7][8]

Kamal, along with the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, Mominur Rahman, Kamal Uddin Siddique and Sharfuddin Ahmed, were sentenced to imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on 8 February 2018.[9][10]

References

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    "Lawyer says Khaleda will challenge graft conviction in High Court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    "Businessman, ex-MP Kamal leaves BNP protesting 'shady figures' in key posts". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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    Biswas, Prokash; bdnews24.com. "Khaleda committed state financial crime by embezzling Zia Orphanage Trust fund: Court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Party men demand punishment of ex-BNP MP in Magura". The Daily Star. 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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    "Magura's Quazi Kamal also quits BNP committee". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    "Ex-state minister Salahuddin jailed for 7 years". The Daily Star. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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    "Quazi Kamal quits BNP executive committee". clickittefaq.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    "Now Magura's Quazi Kamal quits BNP committee". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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    "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". Daily News. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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