Adviser of the Interim Government on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism A F Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at a city hospital this afternoon. He was 85.
Adviser A F Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at 3.35 pm today at Labaid Hospital in the city, PRO of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Mahbub Rahman Tuhin confirmed.
The adviser was brought to the hospital’s emergency unit around 3pm, and the doctors declared him dead at 3:35 pm after following all protocols, said Labaid Media Manager Chowdhury Meher-e Khoda.
Hassan Ariff left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Hassan Ariff’s first Namaz-e-Janaza will be held at Baitul Aman Mosque at Dhanmondi-7 after Esha prayers this evening. His second Janaza will be held on the premises of the High Court at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
After formation of the Council of Advisers led by Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, Hassan Ariff was got the responsibility of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative Ministry and Land Ministry. Later, he was given the responsibility of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry.
A senior lawyer of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, Hassan Ariff, was the Attorney General of Bangladesh from October 2001 to April 2005.
From January 2008 to January 2009, he was an adviser to the Caretaker Government, in charge of the ministries of law, justice, and parliamentary affairs, the land ministry, and the religious affairs ministry.
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