Quazi Kamal

Quazi Kamal
কাজী কামাল
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Magura-2
In office
March 1994 – 30 March 1996
Preceded byMohammad Asaduzzaman
Succeeded byBiren Sikder
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Succeeded byBiren Sikder
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

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]

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

  1. ^ "Lawyer says Khaleda will challenge graft conviction in High Court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Businessman, ex-MP Kamal leaves BNP protesting 'shady figures' in key posts". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ Biswas, Prokash. "Khaleda committed state financial crime by embezzling Zia Orphanage Trust fund: Court". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Party men demand punishment of ex-BNP MP in Magura". The Daily Star. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Magura's Quazi Kamal also quits BNP committee". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Ex-state minister Salahuddin jailed for 7 years". The Daily Star. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Quazi Kamal quits BNP executive committee". clickittefaq.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Now Magura's Quazi Kamal quits BNP committee". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". Daily News. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 February 2018.