Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, former principal secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, has died. He passed away at his residence in Dhaka’s Gulshan early on Monday morning, the government said in a statement. Born in 1954, Kamal joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1968 and served as the prime minister's principal secretary the last time the BNP was in power. Later, he was accused alongside BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case during the state of emergency in 2007. After the political changeover last year, the court acquitted all eight accused in the case, including Khaleda and Kamal, this year.
