Ferdous Ahmed Qurishi

Ferdous Ahmad Qurishi (Bengali: ড. ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশি) is a Bangladeshi politician and chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party.[1]

Ferdous Ahmad Qurishi
ড.ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশী
President of Progressive Democratic Party
Assumed office
7 June 2007
Personal details
Born (1941-01-14) January 14, 1941
Chittagong, East Bengal, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Nationality
Political partyProgressive Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Bangladesh Nationalist Party (until 2007)
Spouse(s)Nilufar Panna Qurishi
MotherNurunnesa Begum
FatherMoulavi Suddiqur Rahman

Career

Qurishi is a journalist, who worked in Desh Barta.[2] In 2004 he formed the Green Party of Bangladesh.[3] He worked in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. During the rule of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2009 he called for the formation of alternate parties to be created in Bangladesh.[4] He is the chairman of Progressive Democratic Party in Bangladesh.[5]

His party was formed on July 2007 during the military backed caretaker government rule which supported the Party.[6] The party came to be known as the "Kings Party". He joined the Jatiya Jukta Front, an alliance of political parties to compete in the parliamentary elections in 2008.[7] The alliance broke up in the same year.[8] He was the editor of Desh Bangla newspaper in 2012.[9]

References
  1. Ahmed, Anis (2008-09-25). "Bangladesh's "Battling Begums" rule the roost again". Reuters India. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  2. Ahmed, Faruque (2009-03-20). Bengali Journals and Journalism in Britain (1916-2007). Lulu.com. p. 105. ISBN 9780557051137.
  3. "Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi Forms Green Party in Bangladesh". VOA (in Bengali). 2004-07-31. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. "Interview With BNP Leader Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  5. "Qureshi for discipline in army". The Daily Star. 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. Lansford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 116. ISBN 9781483386263.
  7. "PDP joins Jukta Front". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  8. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780810874534.
  9. "Call to empower press council". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-13.


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