Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General MiaGolam Parwar today said the party has full confidence in the ElectionCommission's (EC) ability to hold a free, fair and neutral national electionwithin the timeframe it has announced.

"The party delegation met the Commission to seek clarity on several issuesahead of the next national polls," he told reporters after a formal meetingwith the Election Commission at the EC headquarters in the capital's Agargaonarea.

Parwar said, "Several important matters related to the upcoming election required clarification. The Commission has assured us that the polls will be held as per their announced schedule. Based on their commitments, we want to place our trust in them," he said. "We...