Saadat Hussein passes away

Former cabinet secretary and former chairperson of Public Service Commission Saadat Hussein passed away on Wednesday. He was 73.

He was admitted at the intensive care unit of United Hospital, his son Shahzed Saadat told media.

He was buried at Nikunja-1 Graveyard after Zuhr prayers yesterday.

Saadat was born in Noakhali on November 24, 1946. He studied economics at Dhaka University, received his PhD from Boston University and joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1969.

He is survived by his wife, son, two daughters, and friends and well-wishers.