The 27th anniversary of the death of Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former speaker of the then Pakistan national assembly, will be observed today with special prayer sessions.
Abdul Jabbar Khan, also a former president of the East Pakistan Muslim League, died this day in 1984 in his house at Gulshan in Dhaka.
Prayer sessions on the occasion will be held in Dhaka and his village home at Khudrakathi of Babuganj in Barisal.
He was born on January 1, 1901 in his village home at Baherchar and joined the independent legal profession after completing his education.
He later joined the judiciary and was made a High Court justice in the then East Pakistan.
After retirement, he joined politics and was elected president to the East Pakistan Muslim League in 1964.
He later became the speaker of the Pakistan national assembly in June 1965. He held the position till the promulgation of martial law in March 1969.
He quit politics in 1969 and engaged himself in promoting education by setting up schools and madrassahs and other social organisations.
Source: New Age
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