HT Imam to be laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard

Prime Minister’s Political Adviser HT Imam will be laid to eternal rest with state honor at the Banani Graveyard in the city after Asr prayers.

Awami League (AL) Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua disclosed the funeral and burial plans of HT Imam by posting a status on his verified facebook page around 8:30am.

Imam breathed his last in the early hours of on Thursday at the age of 82 at CMH.

The body of Honorable Prime Minister’s political affairs adviser HT Imam was taken to Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj by a helicopter at 9.30am while his first namaz-e-janaza was held at Ullapara Akbar Ali Government College ground there at 11 am.

Then the body was brought back to the capital by the same copter and kept at the Central Shaheed Minar from 1.30pm to 3.30pm to allow people from all walks of life to pay their homage and have last glimpse on the cabinet secretary of the Mujibnagar Government during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

According to the burial plan, from the Shaheed Minar, the body was taken to Gulshan Azad Masjid where the second namaz-e-janaza of HT Imam will be held after Asr prayers.

Later, the Dhaka district administration will offer guard of honor to the Prime Minister’s political affairs adviser at the Banani graveyard before his burial.

HT Imam was being treated at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka for various age-related complications, including kidney disease. 

He was serving as the political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2014.

Born in 1939, Imam completed his undergraduate in economics from Rajshahi University and also graduate degree in Economics from Dhaka University. Later, he completed his postgraduate degree from London School of Economics in development administration.

Hossain Toufique Imam, popularly known as HT Imam, joined the then Pakistan Civil service in 1962 and served the Mujibnagar government as the cabinet secretary during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.