Shakil remembered fondly
Remembering Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, a special assistant to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a meeting was held on Circuit House ground in Mymensingh yesterday.
Shakil died of cardiac arrest in December last year, at the age of 47.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader was the chief guest at the meeting organised by AL Mymensingh district and city unit.
Leaders and activists of AL and its front organisations thronged the venue.
Minister for Religious Affairs Principal Motiur Rahman, State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam, central AL leaders Ahmed Hossain, Mezbauddin Siraj, Dr Dipu Moni, Marufa Akhter Popy, Khaled Mahmud Chowdhury, AL lawmakers from Mymensingh, Mymensingh Zila Parishad Chairman Prof Yusuf Khan Pathan and Shakil's father advocate Joriul Hoque Khoka addressed the meeting, among others.
Terming Shakil a versatile talent, they said though he was at the centre of state power but he never used it for his personal gain. This gathering proved how much the people of Mymensingh loved him, they added.
The speakers proposed naming Balashpur bypass intersection in Mymensingh Sadar upazila after Shakil.
Earlier, the speakers joined a milad and dua mahfil held at his home in Baghmara area after the Juma prayers and offered fateha at his grave at Bhatikashar graveyard, family sources said.
Born on December 20, 1968 in Tangail, Shakil was a forefront leader of anti-autocracy students' movement in the 1980s.
A former senior vice-president and organising secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Shakil had a great liking for poetry and prose writings. He was published twice as a poet in book forms -- "Kherokhatar Pata Theke" and "Mon Kharaper Gari" -- to his credit.
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