DHAKA, May 23, 2023 (BSS) - Tomorrow is the third death anniversary of former Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Member and lawmaker Alhaj Mokbul Hossain. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued a message seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of Mokbul Hossain.

"I pray to Almighty Allah for giving befitting reward to this workaholic and philanthropist politician for his honesty and good deeds," she said along with extending deep sympathy to the bereaved family members of Mokbul.

Mokbul established himself as a leading activist on the street and a successful organizer in every democratic movement and struggle during the party's difficult times, said Sheikh Hasina, also the AL president.

He joined Chhatra League being imbued with the ideals of the greatest Bengali of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she said, adding that enduring various persecutions and tortures, he performed his duty with utmost sincerity at different tiers of the party upholding that ideology.

Mokbul had played a pioneering role in establishing and organizing the Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League and successfully served the organization as its chief, the premier said, adding Mokbul was elected lawmaker from Dhaka-9 constituency (Dhanmondi-Mohammadpur), which was once a safe haven for terrorism and drugs, in 1996 with huge public mandate.

As an elected public representative, he made Dhanmondi-Mohammadpur as a terror-and drug-free zone, Sheikh Hasina said, adding that along with carrying out overall socio-economic development in the area, he established several colleges, universities, madrasahs, orphanages, medical colleges and hospitals.

Noting that Mokbul always stood beside the local people during their happiness and sorrow, she said, he carried also out massive development works, including constructing mosques, markets and roads, and resolved water and electricity crises in his area.

Sheikh Hasina said death of this public leader and pious person, who had decorated himself with the thoughts of Islam, caused an irreparable loss to Bangladesh Awami League (BAL). 

Mokbul's contributions for the welfare of the country and the people will remain alive forever, she added. 

Alhaj Mokbul Hossain breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, on May 24 in 2020 at the age of 70.

He served as the president of Jagannath College unit of Chhatra League in 1966 and Dhaka University's Social Welfare Institute unit from 1968 to 1971. 

Mokbul joined the Liberation War and served the Swechchhasebak League as the founding convener. 

His son Ahsanul Islam Titu is a ruling party lawmaker in the current 11th parliament from Tangail-6 constituency.