Zainul Abdin Farroque

Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Noakhali-2 and Noakhali-1.[1][2]

Zainul Abdin Farroque
জয়নুল আবেদীন ফারুক
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Assumed office
2022
Member of Parliament
for Noakhali-1
In office
1991–2006
Preceded byMoudud Ahmed
Succeeded byMahbub Uddin Khokon
Member of Parliament
for Noakhali-2
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byMA Hashem
Succeeded byMorshed Alam
Personal details
Born (1949-12-10) 10 December 1949
Noakhali District, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Military service
Branch/service Mukti Bahini
Battles/warsBangladesh Liberation War

Early life

Zainul Abdin Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government.[6] He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against Bangladesh Awami League government.[7] He is an adviser to former Prime Minister and Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[8]

References
  1. "Name of Committees for 9th Parliament (English)". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. "Profile Mr. Zainul Abdin Farroque". tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011. Government Printing Office. 1987. p. 2082. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. "Zainul Abdin files damage suit". The Daily Star. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. "BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque lands in jail in 'sabotage' cases". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. "BNP's Farroque, 28 others get bail". The Daily Star. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. "BNP intends to stand by govt on Rohingya issue, says Farroque". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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