Dhaka, June 2 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Assistant Secretary General AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad has said the party will regain its registration and its electoral symbol - the "weighing scales" - following the Appellate Division's ruling.

He said the Election Commission (EC) responded "positively" after Jamaat submitted a copy of the short verdict during a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin.

Hamidur led a six-member delegation to the meeting at the Nirbachan Bhaban, or Election Building, in Dhaka's Agargaon.

The team submitted the short verdict in their bid to have the party's registration reinstated and the weighing scale symbol restored.

The Supreme Court's Appellate Division delivered the ruling on Sunday, ov...