K. S. Nabi Explained

K. S. Nabi
Office:9th Attorney General of Bangladesh
Term Start:31 July 1996
Term End:30 May 1998
Successor:Mahmudul Islam
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Death Place:Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Native Name:কে . এস. নবী
Native Name Lang:bn
Predecessor:M. Nurullah
President:Abdur Rahman Biswas
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Appointer:Abdur Rahman Biswas

Kazi Shahidun Nabi was a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as the 9th Attorney General of Bangladesh from 1996 until 1998. He died on July 8, 2018, in his Dhanmondi Residence in Dhaka.[1]

Career

Nabi was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1961.[2] He served as a faculty member of Central Law College in Dhaka.[3] He was enrolled to Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1986.[4]

In the Seventh National Parliamentary Elections in 1996, Nabi was a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from the Munshiganj-1 constituency and lost to A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.[5] He served as the chairmen of the Bangladesh Bar Council during 1996–1998.[6]

In 1999, Nabi served as the lawyer of Bangladeshi businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai after he was arrested by the Special Branch of police in the allegation of being involved in film actor Sohel Chowdhury's murder, using women in smuggling and supply of secret government information and documents abroad.[7]

Personal life

Nabi is the son of one of the cousins of Humayun Rashid Choudhury, former speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ex-AG K. S. Nabi passes away. 2020-10-04. The New Nation.
  2. Web site: Year of Call 1961. 21 September 2017. Barristers' Association of Bangladesh.
  3. News: Straight dailogue - K S Nabi - 261011 - 1A.mpg. 3 May 2012. 21 September 2017. Youtube.
  4. Web site: http://www.taxjournalbd.com/detail/2274. bn:সুপ্রিম কোর্টের জ্যেষ্ঠ আইনজীবীদের তালিকা প্রকাশ. bn. 19 August 2016. 21 September 2017. The Tax Journal.
  5. News: Bangladesh Parliament Election : Detail Results. 21 September 2017. Amar Desh. 22 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922051439/http://www.amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=171&Year=1996. dead.
  6. Web site: List Of Chairmen Of The Bangladesh Bar Council. 21 September 2017. barcouncil.gov.bd.
  7. News: Police to probe movie moghul. 8 January 1999. 21 September 2017. The Daily Star.
  8. News: Kaiser Rasheed: A Tribute. Zaglul. Chowhdury. The Daily Star. opinion. 16 July 1997. 21 September 2017.