Khaleda sits with BNP policymakers today

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened an urgent meeting of her party's standing committee today (Saturday) as a Dhaka court fixed date for pronouncing verdict in a graft case filed against her, reports UNB.

The meeting of the BNP policy-making body is scheduled to begin around 8:30pm at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told UNB on Friday.

He said the meeting will discuss the country's overall political situation and latest developments.

A BNP standing committee member wishing anonymity said they will mainly discuss the issues relating to the probable court verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and work out the party's next course of action.

He said they will elaborately discuss the possible measures to face any evolving political situation if their chairperson is 'unlawfully' convicted.

"It'll be a very crucial meeting, and we may take a decision to launch a decisive movement if our chairperson is deprived of justice," the BNP leader said.

On Thursday, the Special Court-5 in Dhaka fixed February 8 to deliver verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda and five others.

On August 8, 2011, the commission filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon thana accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.