Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan's death anniv today
Saturday, 23 April 2022
The 38th death anniversary of Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former Speaker of the then Pakistan national assembly, will be observed with special prayer sessions today (Saturday), says a press release.
Abdul Jabbar Khan, also a former president of the East Pakistan Muslim League, died in 1984 at his residence at Gulshan in the city.
He was born on January 1, 1901 in his village home at Baherchar, Babuganj in Barishal and joined the independent legal profession after completing his education.
He later joined the judiciary and was made High Court justice in the then East Pakistan. After retirement, he joined politics and was elected president to the East Pakistan Muslim League in 1964.