After liberation, we returned to Bangladesh as orphans between the ages of one to two years as infants. By the grace of the Almighty Allah we survived and grew up in the absence of any material assistance from the then government. We were never given any kind of material benefit from any government source and we thought our father fought as a freedom fighter not for any material benefit and therefore, seeking of any return against his noble service to the nation was never in our minds at all. To honour him, a recommendation from the appropriate authorities was made in 2005 to confer upon him the posthumous Independence Day Award for his contribution to the liberation war.

However, recently a few streets of Dhaka city were named after the Sector Commanders and we were encouraged at this noble effort in recognising the contributions of the valiant sons of the soil by the grateful nation. But to our utter disappointment and dismay, we observed that the name of our father Shaheed Major Najmul Haque, the initial Commander of Sector 7, was mysteriously omitted from the list for unknown reasons. Although upset, sensing deliberate irregularities in the whole selection process, we decided to stay away from the controversy at that time with the hope that the truth would prevail one day and our father would be given his due recognition by the grateful nation in due course of time.

However, under the present changed circumstances we would now like to raise the issue to the caretaker administration again and would earnestly request them to kindly review the issue and name one of the streets of Dhaka after the name of our illustrious father in recognition of his service to the liberation war like other sector commanders which will be a great consolation for us. He rose to the occasion at the call of duty to serve the motherland, setting aside fatherly affection and sacrificed his life for the country.