[2] He was elected a member of parliament[3] and a minister (without portfolio) of the government of Bangladesh.

[1] His first assignment was to print export register copies for the Adamjee conglomerate company.

[7] He lost the minister status in May 2003 when Zia was under pressure, especially from foreign donors, to downsize her cabinet.

Together they had two daughters – Afroza Khan Rita and Feroza Mahmud Parvin.

[2] Afroza is serving as the managing director of Monno Group of Industries and also an adviser to Khaleda Zia.