Quazi Kamal Explained

Quazi Kamal
Native Name:কাজী কামাল
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Magura-2
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:March 1994
Term End:30 March 1996
Predecessor:Mohammad Asaduzzaman
Successor:Biren Sikder
Term Start1:28 October 2001
Term End1:27 October 2006
Successor1:Biren Sikder
Party:Bangladesh 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lawyer says Khaleda will challenge graft conviction in High Court. 9 February 2018. bdnews24.com.
  2. News: Businessman, ex-MP Kamal leaves BNP protesting 'shady figures' in key posts. bdnews24.com. en. 2019-01-12.
  3. News: Khaleda committed state financial crime by embezzling Zia Orphanage Trust fund: Court. Biswas. Prokash. bdnews24.com. 2020-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180220005637/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/02/20/khaleda-committed-state-financial-crime-by-embezzling-zia-orphanage-trust-fund-court. 2018-02-20.
  4. News: Party men demand punishment of ex-BNP MP in Magura. 2007-09-25. The Daily Star. en. 2020-03-06.
  5. News: Magura's Quazi Kamal also quits BNP committee. 9 February 2018. The Daily Sun. en.
  6. News: 2008-01-11. Ex-state minister Salahuddin jailed for 7 years. 2021-06-13. The Daily Star. en.
  7. News: Quazi Kamal quits BNP executive committee. 9 February 2018. clickittefaq.com.
  8. News: Now Magura's Quazi Kamal quits BNP committee. 2021-06-13. Prothom Alo. en.
  9. News: Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case. 9 February 2018. Daily News. en.
  10. News: Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case. 9 February 2018. Al Jazeera.