Zainul Abdin Farroque

Zainul Abdin Farroque
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Noakhali-2.[1]

Early life

Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.[2]

Career

In 2009 Farroque was elected to Parliament as an opposition Member of Parliament and appointed the opposition whip. On 6 July 2011 he was injured by members of Bangladesh police in an opposition demonstration near the Bangladesh Parliament.[3] He sued the police officers involved and filled a 100 million taka lawsuit against the government. The case was dismissed after investigators submitted a Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haque blaming Farroque for the incident.[4]

Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government.[5] He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against Bangladesh Awami League government.[6] He is an adviser to former Prime Minister and Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Name of Committees for 9th Parliament (English)". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Profile Mr. Zainul Abdin Farroque". tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011. Government Printing Office. p. 2082. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Zainul Abdin files damage suit". The Daily Star. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque lands in jail in 'sabotage' cases". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "BNP's Farroque, 28 others get bail". The Daily Star. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "BNP intends to stand by govt on Rohingya issue, says Farroque". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 February 2018.


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