Morshed Ali Khan Panni

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Morshed Ali Khan Panni
Constituency Tangail-8
Relatives Wajed Ali Khan Panni (great grandfather), Humayun Khan Panni (uncle), Wajid Ali Khan Panni (brother)

Morshed Ali Khan Panni is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Tangail-8.

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Early life and family

Morshed Ali Khan Panni was born into the Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Karatia. His father, Khurram Khan Panni, was a civil servant and landowner. His ancestors were Pashtuns belonging to the Panni tribe, and had migrated from Afghanistan to Bengal in the 16th century where they became culturally assimilated. [1]

Panni's older brother is Wajid Ali Khan Panni (Bunting), the motawalli or supervisor of the zamindari estate. The two brothers had a dispute after Bunting Panni rented Rokeya Manzil of the estate to Lighthouse School, a school established by Islami Chhatra Shibir in 2000. [2] [3]

Career

Panni was elected to Parliament from Tangail-8 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. [4] He was elected to Parliament in 1988 from Tangail-8 as a Jatiya Party candidate. [5] [6]

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