BID ADIEU
11-05-2004
THE OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF ASIA (OCA) WITH A VERY HEART, WOULD
LIKE TO BID FAREWELL TO ONE OF ITS GREATEST SUPPORTS AND A
TRUE FRIEND, MR. ZAFAR IMAM, THE ERSTWHILE SECRETARY GENERAL
OF THE BANGLADESH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE
MORNING HOURS OF 20TH OF MAY 2004, WITH A MASSIVE HEART-ATTACK
IN DHAKA.
MR. IMAM WAS
AWARDED THE OCA MERIT AWARD AS WELL AS THE A NOC ORDER OF
MERIT, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS, FOR ALMOST
HALF A CENTURY. MR. IMAM STARTED HIS PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL
SPORTS ORGANIZING CAREER FROM GRASS ROOT LEVEL AS
JOINT-SECRETARY OF HIS HOME DISTRICT- RAJSHAHI DISTRICT SPORTS
ASSOCIATION BACK IN 1958.
WITH HIGH LEVEL
OF DEDICATION, SINCERITY, HARD WORK AND SUPERB SPORTS
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES HE ELEVATED HIMSELF TO VARIOUS
RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE BANGLADESH FOOTBALL FEDERATION,
BANGLADESH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL AND
VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES OF AFC & OCA.
ALWAYS A GREAT
ENTHUSIAST, HE BREATHED SPORTS. THE VACUUM CREATED BY HIS
PASSING AWAY WILL BE HARD TO FILL.
THE OCA PRAYS TO
REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE, AND CONVEYS ITS SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO
HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE SPORTS FRATERNITY IN BANGLADESH.
WE WILL MISS YOU
