DHAKA, Nov 4, 2023 (BSS) - Chairman of Summit Group Muhammed Aziz Khan was given Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Hoque Peace Award 2022 on Friday for his remarkable exceptional contributions to business as well as social work.

On behalf of Aziz Khan, his daughter Azeeza Aziz Khan, director of Summit Group, received the award from former home minister Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, said a press release.

"Growing up, Sher-e-Bangla was our neighbour. When I was a boy, Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Hoque and his son, late AK Faezul Hoque Babu Bhai, used to love me in abundance. I still cherish great memories, among them are learning to ride a bike in their home, Babu Bhai coaching me cricket and an incident where I almost died in their pond while trying to learn swimming. And last but not the least, witnessing the first dead body as a child, which was of Sher-e-Bangla. I am humbled to receive this award on the 150th birth anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Hoque." stated Muhammed Aziz Khan on the occasion of receiving the award.

Faiyazul Huq Razu, grandson of Sher-e-Bangla and Chairman of Sher-e-Bangla Foundation observed, "The immense contributions of the Summit Group and particularly, its Chairman Muhammed Aziz Khan, a renowned Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist, in the entire gamut of the energy sector of Bangladesh is highly appreciated and well recognised.
The Sher-e-Bangla award to Summit Group's Chairman is in recognition of his relentless dedication to the economic growth and empowerment of a thriving Bangladesh."

Among others, chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, former information secretary Syed Margub Morshed, Bangladesh Press Council chairman Justice Md Nizamul Haque Nasim and Sher-e-Bangla Research Council adviser Iqbal Mahmud were present.