Call to nominate Dr. Farah Naz for reserved women’s seat

There has been a demand for nomination of Dr. Farah Naz Mabud for the reserved women’s seat from Chittagong as the successor of former MP Begum Rosie Kabir. The common people of Chittagong, civil society, medical community and BNP workers and supporters have made this demand. They say that BNP has won 14 seats from Chittagong. As a political and moral recognition, Dr. Farah Naz Mabud, daughter of Begum Rosie Kabir, deserves to be nominated. If she is elected; it will be a tribute to the sacrifices and struggles of the people of Chittagong and a bright milestone in the development of women’s leadership.
Party sources say that in the reconstruction of Bangladesh, the Prime Minister and the BNP Chairman have adopted the policy of bringing forward new, honest and competent leadership; where professional skills, international standard education and a sense of service dedicated to the people are being considered the main criteria. In this context, a skilled gynecologist, researcher and Dr. who has been directly involved in human service and social work for a long time. Farah Naz Mabud is a timely and competent representative face in the reserved seat for women from Chittagong. Which can be a real example of advancing the new generation of women’s leadership.
It is known that Begum Rozi Kabir, a three-time MP, known as the ‘Agnikanya’ of the democratic movement and the only three-time female MP from Chittagong. The political legacy of martyred President Ziaur Rahman, a close comrade-in-arms of Begum Khaleda Zia and a unique personality in BNP’s national, international and grassroots politics. Begum Rozi Kabir’s residence and institution Hotel Shahjahan was the safe haven, policy-making and strategy formulation center of the democratic movement from the time after the Agartala conspiracy case to the anti-dictatorship movement.
Starting from the politics of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman to the mass uprising of the 90s, 1/11, and all the emergency periods, Begum Rozi Kabir was one of the architects of the nerve center of BNP politics that developed in Chittagong. He played an active role in policy-making for urban development as a member of the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), higher education as a member of the Senate of Chittagong University and women, children and social welfare as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Parliament. He has also made Chittagong and Bangladesh shine in the international arena as a member of the Bangladesh delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), BIMSTEC, SAARC and the World Conference on Social Development.
His daughter, Dr. Farah Naz Mabud, has come forward as a representative of the new generation carrying his political and humanitarian legacy. In her professional life, she is an Associate Professor (Obs and Gynecology) at Chittagong Mother and Child Hospital and Medical College. For a long time, she has been providing services to women and mothers by maintaining the highest standards of ethics in healthcare and infertility treatment.
In her educational life, Dr. Farah Naz Fatima obtained her MBBS degree from Jinnah Medical College, Lahore (through SAARC and G2G scholarships); later, she established herself as a skilled specialist physician by completing MCPS, MS (Obs and Gynecology). As part of her international training, she has completed a fellowship in Reproductive Medicine in Bangalore, India, an international fellowship in RANZCOG scholarship at Mercy Hospital for Women in Melbourne, Australia, a poster presentation at the RCOG Congress in the UK, RANZCOG AGM in Gold Coast, Australia, and has participated as a speaker and delegate in several international conferences including Thailand, India, and Bangladesh.
As a researcher, Dr. Farah Naz has published 11 scientific articles in reputed journals in the country and abroad. In addition, she has served as a teacher and registrar at the University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) for 11 years.
Those concerned say that her inner connection with politics and human service has been developed since childhood through growing up in a close environment of the democratic movement with her mother. Dr. Farah Naz Mabud is also directly involved in social and voluntary activities. Currently, she is directly involved in social and humanitarian work as the National Councilor of the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh, an executive member of the City Unit of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, the Vice President of the Red Crescent Youth Alumni and a life member of the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB).
Dr. Farah Naz’s political philosophy, like her mother, believes in the ideals of establishing a society based on democracy, human rights, women’s dignity and justice. She said, “To appreciate the sacrifices of the people of Chittagong, the long struggle of BNP and the democratic tradition of this region, honest, educated, professionally successful and proven leadership in human service from Chittagong must be brought forward in the reserved seats for women. If the party gives me the responsibility, I will try my best to work with competence and ethics.”