He held numerous posts, including commander of UN peacekeeping operations.

[5] After the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar in 2007, the Junta deported Bangladeshi monks.

[1] Imam married Nuzhat Ahsan, and had one daughter, Sumera Azreen.

He was buried with full state honours along with the other officers killed in the mutiny at the National Parade Square.

[7] Imam was buried in the Bangladesh Army Graveyard in Banani, Dhaka on 2 March 2009.