Kazi Zafar\\\'s 1st janaza held in Tongi

The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former Prime Minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi on Friday morning. BNP central committee member Hasan Uddin Sarkar, general secretary of JP's Gazipur city unit Asad Siddiqui, leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance to which Jafar’s JP faction belongs, among others attended the janaza. Zafar’s first namaz-e-janaza was held here as per his wish around 8:15 am, sources said. Earlier, Zafar’s body had been taken to the Biswa Ijtema ground around 7:45 am. His second namaz-e-janaza will be held later at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Friday morning. Later, his body will be taken to Baitul Mukarram National Mosque where the third janaza will be held after Juma prayers. Kazi Zafar Ahmed, also former presidium member of the Ershad-led Jatiya Party, passed away on Thursday morning. He was 76, according to a news agency.

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