Advocate Gazi Saidul Haque, founder president and current adviser of Senior Citizens Welfare Organisation passed away on January 30, at United Hospital. He was 92.
He has been suffering from old-age complications. Saidul was buried in his family graveyard of his native village at Shologhar under Srinagar Upazila in Munshiganj District, said a Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority press release Thursday.
Adv Saidul obtained matriculation from the Barishal Zilla School and BSc degree from BM College, Barishal and later joined the government service.
Later, after obtaining an LLB degree from Dhaka University in 1974, he started his career as an advocate.
He successfully worked in the Supreme Court from 1978 to 2020.
Gazi Saidul Haque left behind two sons, two daughters, grandchildren and numerous admirers. He was the father-in-law of freedom fighter Mahbub Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram.
A Doa mahfil will take place for the departed soul tomorrow (February 4, 2022) after Asr prayer at Jami Mosque, Sector 4, Uttara, Dhaka.
