President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former president Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed.
In separate condolence messages on Saturday, the head of the state and premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family, reports BSS.
The former president and chief justice died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at the age of 92 on Saturday.
He had been suffering from old-age complications for some time and was hospitalized since late February, family members told the media.
With a career spanning decades, Shahabuddin Ahmed headed the interim administration after the end of the HM Ershad regime and returned as the head of the state once again in 1996, when the Awami League took office.
He entered the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1954, successfully completing training at the Lahore Civil Service Academy. He also attended a special course on Public Administration at the University of Oxford.
