Kazi Zahirul Qayyum
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Kazi Zahirul Qayyum is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament.{{cite web|url=http://archive.newagebd.net/185212/liberation-war-and-creation-of-bangladesh-%C2%AD%C2%AD-ii/|title=Liberation war and creation of Bangladesh II|last=|first=|date=18 December 2015|website=New Age|publisher=|accessdate=22 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005243/http://archive.newagebd.net/185212/liberation-war-and-creation-of-bangladesh-%C2%AD%C2%AD-ii/|url-status=dead}}
Career
Qayyum was a member of parliament. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he tried to negotiate a truce with Pakistan through the United States that would have prevented the Independence of Bangladesh. He was thwarted by Tajuddin Ahmad.{{cite book|last1=Sobhan|first1=Rehman|title=Untranquil Recollections: The Years of Fulfilment|date=12 November 2015|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9789351503200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qeMCwAAQBAJ&dq=Kazi+Zahirul+Qayyum&pg=PT370|accessdate=22 January 2017|language=en}}
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Category:Awami League politicians
Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members
Category:People from Chauddagram Upazila
Category:Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election
Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
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