Justice AKM Nurul Islam no more

Justice AKM Nurul Islam, a former vice-president, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 92.Justice Nurul Islam, who was a judge of the High Court from 1967 to 1971, also served as the Chief Election Commissioner from 1977 to 1984.
He became a law minister in 1985. He also served as the vice-president during Ershad regime. His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Asr prayer on Saturday.
Family sources said his body will be taken to the Supreme Court premises after Zohr prayer today. He will be laid to rest in his family graveyard at Harirampur in Manikganj.