Desk Report, 05 March:
Prime Minister Shekh Hasina visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here today to see eminent writer and academician Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.
The Prime Minister arrived in CMH at about 12.30 pm and stayed for half an hour. She inquired about his health condition and asked the authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure his proper treatment.
Zafar Iqbal’s wife Prof Dr Yasmin Haque was present at that time.
Prof Zafar Iqbal suffered injuries to his head, back and left hand when he came under attack by a fanatic youth at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus in Sylhet on Saturday. BSS
At the directives of the Prime Minister, he was shifted to CMH in Dhaka on Saturday night from Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.