Reshaping JS complex will restore 'Pakistani flag': Fakhrul

The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area was designed in resemblance to the flag of Pakistan and if the government removes different establishments from it following architect Louis I Kahn's original design, it would re-establish the flag again, claimed BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

"The then Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan wanted to establish Dhaka as the second capital. He selected the agricultural area of the capital and named it Ayub Nagar and decided to establish the national parliament, secretariat and other central government offices in that area," said Fakhrul.

The design has been made based on Pakistan's flag, he claimed.

The BNP leader made the comments while addressing a discussion at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) marking the fall of military dictator HM Ershad, who was forced to step down in 1990.