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Saiyara Nawal has requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to give her missing father M Ilias Ali back as birthday gift.
The BNP leader's only daughter, a student of Manarat Dhaka International School and College, stepped into ten years on Monday.
"Mrs. Sheikh Hasina, 18th June is my birthday. You have to give me a gift that is my father. I want my father before my birthday. Every year he presents me many gifts (sic)," read the letter written in English by Saiyara to Hasina.
Ilias's wife Tahsina Rushdir Luna told journalists that her daughter also wrote to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia with the same request.
A dark covering descended upon the Sylhet House, where the Ilias's family is living, BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went there with a big cake to wish Saiyara.
Journalists asked her for comment, but a sad-looking Saiyara remained silent.
One of the three Organising Secretaries of BNP, Ilias Ali, along with his driver Ansar Ali, went missing from near his Banani house in the night of Apr 17.
The BNP has been alleging that the government agencies are behind his 'forced disappearance', a charge the government vehemently denies even though it has failed to locate him.
"We still demand to the government to return Ilias Ali to his family. This is the government's responsibility. It is the government men who picked up Ilias two months back. We have been sure about this through accounts of eyewitnesses and other sources," Fakhrul later told journalists.
Referring to Saiyara Nawal's open letter, he said, "This little girl has wanted his father back as a birthday gift from the Prime Minister. How sad!"
"The Prime Minister had assured Ilias Ali's wife that she would arrange for his return to his family. Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam also said that Ilias would be rescued. But we have not got him back even two months after he went missing. Incidents of 'forced disappearance' are taking place one after another. There is no redress," said Fakhrul.
Wife Luna said she was still hopeful of her husband's return as she said it was none but the Prime Minister who had assured her of returning her husband.
"I'm still waiting that my husband will return. I have faith in Allah."
Luna met the Prime Minister with her sons and daughter on May 2 seeking her assistance after police and RAB's drives to find Ilias failed.
BNP Organising Secretary Mojubur Rahman Sarwar, MP Shahiduddin Chowdhury Ani, Abu Naser Md Rahmatullah, Qaiyyum Chowdhury and BNP Chairperson's media wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan were also present.
The BNP leader's only daughter, a student of Manarat Dhaka International School and College, stepped into ten years on Monday.
"Mrs. Sheikh Hasina, 18th June is my birthday. You have to give me a gift that is my father. I want my father before my birthday. Every year he presents me many gifts (sic)," read the letter written in English by Saiyara to Hasina.
Ilias's wife Tahsina Rushdir Luna told journalists that her daughter also wrote to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia with the same request.
A dark covering descended upon the Sylhet House, where the Ilias's family is living, BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went there with a big cake to wish Saiyara.
Journalists asked her for comment, but a sad-looking Saiyara remained silent.
One of the three Organising Secretaries of BNP, Ilias Ali, along with his driver Ansar Ali, went missing from near his Banani house in the night of Apr 17.
The BNP has been alleging that the government agencies are behind his 'forced disappearance', a charge the government vehemently denies even though it has failed to locate him.
"We still demand to the government to return Ilias Ali to his family. This is the government's responsibility. It is the government men who picked up Ilias two months back. We have been sure about this through accounts of eyewitnesses and other sources," Fakhrul later told journalists.
Referring to Saiyara Nawal's open letter, he said, "This little girl has wanted his father back as a birthday gift from the Prime Minister. How sad!"
"The Prime Minister had assured Ilias Ali's wife that she would arrange for his return to his family. Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam also said that Ilias would be rescued. But we have not got him back even two months after he went missing. Incidents of 'forced disappearance' are taking place one after another. There is no redress," said Fakhrul.
Wife Luna said she was still hopeful of her husband's return as she said it was none but the Prime Minister who had assured her of returning her husband.
"I'm still waiting that my husband will return. I have faith in Allah."
Luna met the Prime Minister with her sons and daughter on May 2 seeking her assistance after police and RAB's drives to find Ilias failed.
BNP Organising Secretary Mojubur Rahman Sarwar, MP Shahiduddin Chowdhury Ani, Abu Naser Md Rahmatullah, Qaiyyum Chowdhury and BNP Chairperson's media wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan were also present.
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