, May 29 -- The Appellate Division in an observation on Thursday said the Election Commission (EC) will decide whether BNP leader Ishraque Hossain will be sworn in as the Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) or not.

A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed came up with the observation disposing of a petition seeking stay on gazette notification issued by the Election Commission announcing Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of DSCC.

Earlier, on Wednesday the Appellate Division set Thursday to hear the leave-to-appeal petition filed over the issue.

Leave-to-appeal petition filed seeking stay on EC gazette on Ishraque

Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for Ishraque while Advocate Mohammad ...