Barrister Shafique Ahmed passes away

Former law minister and veteran lawyer Barrister Shafique Ahmed passed away. He was 88.

One of his associates Advocate Perveen Sultana Shammi confirmed the news.

She said that Barrister Shafique Ahmed breathed his last at 5:45pm on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. He was suffering from old age complications.

He was born in July 16, 1937 in Cumilla dustrict. He earned his bachelor's and master's in geography from the University of Dhaka in 1958 and 1959 respectively. He earned his LL.B degree from the same university in 1963 and LL.M degree from King's College London in 1967. He received his Bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn in 1967.

Shafiq Ahmed served as an adjunct faculty member at the Law Department of Dhaka University from 1969 to 1973.

He also served as the Principal of City Law College, Dhaka from 1973 to 2005. Concurrently, he was a member of the Dhaka University Senate. He was enrolled as an advocate at the High Court in 1967 and was elevated to the status of a Senior Advocate in the Appellate Division in 1989. He was elected President of the Supreme Court Bar Association on two occasions: 1999-2000 and 2008–2009. Furthermore, he contributed to the governance of the legal profession by serving as the vice-president of the Bangladesh Bar Council.

He served as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh.

Shafique Ahmed married academic and activist Mahfuza Khanam in 1969 and has three children. Mahfuza died in 2025.