Bangladesh, July 29 -- Jamaat-e-Islami has held talks with the Election Commission on Wednesday as the electoral body prepares draft reforms to laws and regulations regarding local government elections.

A delegation led by Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar met Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Commission headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon.

Discover more South Asians & Diaspora Executive Branch World news summaries Election commissioners, the EC secretary and other senior officials also attended the meeting.

The discussions were expected to focus on the commission's proposed recommendations for reforming local election laws and regulations. The issue of expelled Jamaat lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam, who rep...