Dhaka: The second namaz-e-janaza of former Prime Minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed was held at the South Plaza of National Parliament Building at about 11:00am on Friday.

Awami League lawmaker Israfil Alam, CPB member Haider Akbar Khan Rono,

Leaders and activists of 20-Party Alliance including Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Hannan Shah attended Kazi Zafar’s second namaz-e-janaza.

Earlier, the first namaz-e-janaza of Kazi Zafar Ahmed held at Bishwa Ijtema field in Tangi at about 8:00am.

The third namaz-e-janaza of Kazi Zafar Ahmed will be offered at Baitul Mukarram Nation Mosque premises after Jumu’ah prayer while another nazmaz-e-janaza held at Azad Mosque in Gulshan after Asr prayer.

Chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed died at United Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. He was 76.

Earlier, he was admitted to the hospital after a cardiac arrest on Thursday morning.

Born in 1939, Kazi Zafar Ahmed served as Commerce Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and finally as Prime Minister during the Ershad Government.