Khaleda Zia’s advisor Sabih Uddin dies

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor and former secretary Sabih Uddin Ahmed has passed away.

The 76-year old BNP leader breathed his last at a city hospital at 7:40am today, Monday, BNP chairperson’s media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan told Prothom Alo.

Sabih Uddin has been suffering from various health complications from a long time.

Sabih Uddin Ahmed was personal secretary of Begum Khaleda Zia after she was elected prime minister for the first time in 1991. Later he was appointed as secretary of forest and environment ministry as BNP came to power again in 2001. Sabih Uddin was also Bangladesh high commissioner in the UK during the BNP regime.

Sabih Uddin joined BNP upon his retirement from the government service and became a member of advisory council of BNP chairman till death.