Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, is scheduled to undergo bypass surgery on Saturday morning following the diagnosis of three major heart blockages.

Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam Masud, a Central Working Committee member of the party and Secretary of its Dhaka City South unit, shared the information via a Facebook post on Thursday night.

In the post, he called upon the public, well-wishers, and Jamaat supporters at home and abroad to pray for the successful surgery and swift recovery of their party chief.

"Come, let us pray for him from every position through voluntary worship in the court of Almighty Allah," Masud wrote. "May Allah Almighty grant our beloved leader the blessing of complete recovery an...