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'''Kazi Zafarullah''' (born April 1947) is a Bangladeshi industrialist and politician, a member of the ruling party, the [[Bangladesh Awami League]]'s 12-member Presidium, its central working committee,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albd.org/index.php/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/276-awami-league-central-working-committee |title=Awami League Central Working Committee |website=Bangladesh Awami League |date=2013-08-26 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> and a former MP from [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]].{{clarify|reason=which constituency in Faridpur?|date=October 2018}}
'''Kazi Zafarullah''' (born April 1947) is a Bangladeshi industrialist and politician, a member of the ruling party, the [[Bangladesh Awami League]]'s 12-member Presidium, its central working committee,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albd.org/index.php/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/276-awami-league-central-working-committee |title=Awami League Central Working Committee |website=Bangladesh Awami League |date=2013-08-26 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> and a former MP from [[Faridpur-5]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
In 2008, he was arrested and bailed on three charges, including extortion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazi Zafarullah freed on bail |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-19440 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=2008-01-16 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> In 2013, it was reported that Zafarullah and his wife and other family members had created a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands from 2006 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergman |first=David |date=2013-07-12 |title=AL leader's family set up offshore cos |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2013-07-12&nid=56721 |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |accessdate=2016-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214813/http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2013-07-12&nid=56721 |archive-date=2016-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, he lost his seat as an MP to an independent candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebel candidate beats AL presidium member |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/06/rebel-candidate-beats-al-presidium-member |work=bdnews24.com |date=2014-01-06 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref>
Zafarullah was critically injured in the [[2004 Dhaka grenade attack]] which targeted former Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assassination attempt on Hasina |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/22/d4082201011.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
 
In 2005, Zafarullah attended a meeting between Sheikh Hasina and the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, [[Anwar Choudhury]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK envoy meets Hasina |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/08/d50808061272.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
 
Zafarullah hosted a dinner for Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the newly appointed High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, attended by diplomats and Awami League leaders on 1 February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=14-party, JP leaders sit in dinner with diplomats |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/02/01/d70201011710.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref> On 10 April, he criticized a case being filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and called it a conspiracy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hasina says she will face situation on her return |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/04/10/d7041001158.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> The joint forces arrested him from in front of his home in [[Gulshan Thana]] on 18 April 2007 on three cases.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=2008-01-16 |title=Kazi Zafarullah freed on bail |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-19440 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AL leaders Zafrullah, Ashim Ukil, BNP leader Toymur held |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/04/19/d7041901044.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was sent to jail on 20 April.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazi Zafarullah, Ashim Ukil sent on one-month detention |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/04/20/d7042001107.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was freed on 11 December on bail but arrested from the gate of the jail again as he was leaving under state of emergency powers.<ref name=":0" /> On 16 January 2008, he received bail and was released from jail according to Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui.<ref name=":0" /> In 25 January, he was indicted in an extortion case filed by [[Gazi Golam Dastagir]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unb |first=Dhaka |date=2008-02-25 |title=Kazi Zafarullah indicted for extortion |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-24864 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Mohammad Noor Ali of [[Unique Group]] alleged he gave Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, half a floor at the UTC building located on [[Panthapath]] and registered under Zafarullah's name as commission on MiG-29 purchase deal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hasina got Tk 1cr in MiG-29 deal |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/13/d7061301033.htm |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
 
The [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti Corruption Commission]] pressed charges against Zafarullah in September 2008 for having 152.3 million taka beyond his known source of income and for hiding 70 million taka in his wealth statement submitted to the commission.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=Court |date=2008-09-26 |title=Kazi Zafarullah charged with amassing wealth illegally |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-56565 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He was also charged with money laundering 70 million taka.<ref name=":1" />
 
On 11 February 2009, the Anti Corruption Commission cleared Zafarullah, his wife, two sons on corruption charges.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=Court |date=2009-02-11 |title=ACC clears AL leader Zafarullah's wife, sons of graft charges |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-75403 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2013, it was reported that Zafarullah and his wife and other family members had created a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands from 2006 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergman |first=David |date=2013-07-12 |title=AL leader's family set up offshore cos |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2013-07-12&nid=56721 |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |accessdate=2016-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214813/http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2013-07-12&nid=56721 |archive-date=2016-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, he lost his seat as an MP to an independent candidate, [[Nixon Chowdhury]].<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Rebel candidate beats AL presidium member |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/06/rebel-candidate-beats-al-presidium-member |work=bdnews24.com |date=2014-01-06 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> Chowdhury, who is related to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received 98,300 votes while Zafarullah received 72,248 votes.<ref name=":2" /> Sheikh Hasina did not give the nimination to Nixon as he was an accused in the [[Padma Bridge graft scandal]] which he denied.<ref name=":2" />
 
Zafarullah was nominated by Awami League to contest the 2018 election from Faridpur-4 and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina campaigned for him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-14 |title=Every vote matters |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-leaves-tungipara-dhaka-1673038 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He received 94,234 votes but lost the election to Nixon Chowdhury who received 144,179 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-25 |title=Faridpur-4 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Faridpur-4&d=dhaka |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
 
Zafarullah is a presidium member of Awami League.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Partha Pratim |last2=Apu |first2=Ashik Abdullah |date=2022-08-09 |title=AL ranks irked over hike in fuel prices |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/al-ranks-irked-over-fuel-price-surge-3090931 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> In August 2022, he was part of a Awami League delegation that meet the Election Commission to discuss the upcoming national election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Digital |date=2022-08-23 |title=EVMs will be used in max 150 constituencies next election |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/evms-will-be-used-max-150-constituencies-next-election-3101376 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
His wife, [[Nilufer Zafar]], is also an MP. Zafarullah and his wife were named in the 2016 [[Panama Papers]] leak.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshis not outside Panama Papers |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/04/07/145571.php |newspaper=The Daily Observer |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref>
His wife, [[Nilufer Zafar]], is also a member of parliament and chairman of Midland Bank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message from Chairman – Midland Bank Ltd |url=https://www.midlandbankbd.net/message-from-chairman/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> Zafarullah and his wife were named in the 2016 [[Panama Papers]] leak.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshis not outside Panama Papers |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/04/07/145571.php |newspaper=The Daily Observer |accessdate=2016-04-07}}</ref> His younger brother, Kazi Ekramullah, was a director of Midland Bank and a industrialist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entrepreneur, philanthropist Kazi Ekramullah dies |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/170656/entrepreneur-philanthropist-kazi-ekramullah-dies |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=New Age {{!}} The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Dhaka College alumni]]
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[[Category:St. Gregory's High School and College alumni]]




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Kazi Zafarullah
BornApril 1947 (age 79)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDhaka College
OccupationIndustrialist and politician
Spouse(s)Nilufer Zafar
Parents
  • Kazi Mahbubullah (father)
  • Begum Zebunnessa (mother)
RelativesKazi Shahidullah (brother)

Kazi Zafarullah (born April 1947) is a Bangladeshi industrialist and politician, a member of the ruling party, the Bangladesh Awami League's 12-member Presidium, its central working committee,[1] and a former MP from Faridpur-5.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Zafarullah was born in April 1947, the eldest son of Kazi Mahbubullah and Begum Zebunnessa. He was educated at St Gregory's High School and Dhaka College, and has bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

Zafarullah was critically injured in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which targeted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[3]

In 2005, Zafarullah attended a meeting between Sheikh Hasina and the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Anwar Choudhury.[4]

Zafarullah hosted a dinner for Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, the newly appointed High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, attended by diplomats and Awami League leaders on 1 February 2007.[5] On 10 April, he criticized a case being filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and called it a conspiracy.[6] The joint forces arrested him from in front of his home in Gulshan Thana on 18 April 2007 on three cases.[7][8] He was sent to jail on 20 April.[9] He was freed on 11 December on bail but arrested from the gate of the jail again as he was leaving under state of emergency powers.[7] On 16 January 2008, he received bail and was released from jail according to Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui.[7] In 25 January, he was indicted in an extortion case filed by Gazi Golam Dastagir.[10] Mohammad Noor Ali of Unique Group alleged he gave Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, half a floor at the UTC building located on Panthapath and registered under Zafarullah's name as commission on MiG-29 purchase deal.[11]

The Anti Corruption Commission pressed charges against Zafarullah in September 2008 for having 152.3 million taka beyond his known source of income and for hiding 70 million taka in his wealth statement submitted to the commission.[12] He was also charged with money laundering 70 million taka.[12]

On 11 February 2009, the Anti Corruption Commission cleared Zafarullah, his wife, two sons on corruption charges.[13]

In 2013, it was reported that Zafarullah and his wife and other family members had created a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands from 2006 to 2008.[14] In 2014, he lost his seat as an MP to an independent candidate, Nixon Chowdhury.[15] Chowdhury, who is related to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, received 98,300 votes while Zafarullah received 72,248 votes.[15] Sheikh Hasina did not give the nimination to Nixon as he was an accused in the Padma Bridge graft scandal which he denied.[15]

Zafarullah was nominated by Awami League to contest the 2018 election from Faridpur-4 and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina campaigned for him.[16] He received 94,234 votes but lost the election to Nixon Chowdhury who received 144,179 votes.[17]

Zafarullah is a presidium member of Awami League.[18] In August 2022, he was part of a Awami League delegation that meet the Election Commission to discuss the upcoming national election.[19]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

His wife, Nilufer Zafar, is also a member of parliament and chairman of Midland Bank.[20] Zafarullah and his wife were named in the 2016 Panama Papers leak.[21] His younger brother, Kazi Ekramullah, was a director of Midland Bank and a industrialist.[22]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Awami League Central Working Committee". Bangladesh Awami League. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ↑ "Founder". Begum Zebunnessa and Kazi Mahboobullah Janakalyan Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Assassination attempt on Hasina". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ↑ "UK envoy meets Hasina". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ↑ "14-party, JP leaders sit in dinner with diplomats". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ↑ "Hasina says she will face situation on her return". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Kazi Zafarullah freed on bail". The Daily Star. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  8. ↑ "AL leaders Zafrullah, Ashim Ukil, BNP leader Toymur held". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ↑ "Kazi Zafarullah, Ashim Ukil sent on one-month detention". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  10. ↑ Unb, Dhaka (2008-02-25). "Kazi Zafarullah indicted for extortion". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  11. ↑ "Hasina got Tk 1cr in MiG-29 deal". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Correspondent, Court (2008-09-26). "Kazi Zafarullah charged with amassing wealth illegally". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ↑ Correspondent, Court (2009-02-11). "ACC clears AL leader Zafarullah's wife, sons of graft charges". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ↑ Bergman, David (2013-07-12). "AL leader's family set up offshore cos". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Rebel candidate beats AL presidium member". bdnews24.com. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  16. ↑ "Every vote matters". The Daily Star. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  17. ↑ "Faridpur-4 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  18. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim; Apu, Ashik Abdullah (2022-08-09). "AL ranks irked over hike in fuel prices". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  19. ↑ Report, Star Digital (2022-08-23). "EVMs will be used in max 150 constituencies next election". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  20. ↑ "Message from Chairman – Midland Bank Ltd". Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  21. ↑ "Bangladeshis not outside Panama Papers". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  22. ↑ "Entrepreneur, philanthropist Kazi Ekramullah dies". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-11-01.


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