Ex-foreign minister Doha passes away

Former foreign minister AR Shamsud Doha passed away yesterday in Lebanon, said a press release.
He was 83 and suffering from old age complications. The former minister had been living in Lebanon for the last few years and was laid to rest there.
He left behind two sons, five grandchildren, relatives and many friends and well-wishers.
In the 1970 Pakistan general elections, Doha contested the seat from Rawalpindi on Awami League ticket. At that time he founded and ran the weekly Inter-Wing. He was arrested and jailed thrice by the then Yahya Khan government for his views on politics. He also founded and ran the Dhaka-based weekly Dialogue Publications.
After the independence, Doha rendered excellent service as the Bangladesh ambassador to Yugoslavia, Iran and the United Kingdom. In 1982, he became the information minister and then the foreign minister of the country.
He was also conferred the Yugoslavia Order of the Flag and the South Korean Order of Diplomatic Service Merit.