Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin | |
|---|---|
| State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
| In office 10 October 2001 – 17 November 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chittagong |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism.[1]
Career
Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.[2] He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005 Chittagong Mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent Mayor A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3] He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.[4] On 5 May 2017 he met the chief Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shah Ahmad Shafi, in Hathazari madrasa, Chittagong.[5]
Corruption
On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special Anti-Corruption court for corruption along with his son Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin for 13 years.[6] Bangladesh High Court nulled the sentences against Nasiruddin and his son in August 2010. On 3 July 2014 Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.[7]
References
- ^ "Mir Nasir arrested". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "It's Mohiuddin Again". www.thedailystar.net. Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Opposition calls hartal for Sunday in 4 dists". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "BNP leader Mir Nasir meets Hefazat chief". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh ex-minister jailed for 13 years for graft". Reuters. 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "SC scrubs acquital of Mir Nasir, son". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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