Afazuddin Fakir Explained

Afazuddin Fakir is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Tangail-2.

Career

Fakir was the member of the National committee. He had sent a letter to President of Pakistan, Yahya Khan, asking him to deescalate the situation in East Pakistan on 13 March 1971 before the start of Bangladesh Liberation war.^{[1] [2]} He was elected to parliament from Tangail-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: March 13, 1971: Civilian staff of military warned . 30 November 2019 . The Daily Star . 13 March 2019 . en.
2. News: March 13, 1971 . 30 November 2019 . The Daily Star . 9 December 2014 . en.
3. Web site: List of 2nd Parliament Members . . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf . 4 September 2018.