Bangladesh, April 22 -- A.H.M. Hamidur Rahman Azad, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, has said that women are self-sufficient in lawmaking and all other fields for the welfare of the country and its people, and that the Constitution provides them with such opportunities.

He made the remarks on Tuesday morning after submitting nomination papers for 13 candidates for reserved women's seats on behalf of the 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami at the Election Commission office in Agargaon, Dhaka. Earlier, the nomination papers were submitted to the returning officer for reserved women's seats, Moin Uddin Khan.

Azad said they are hopeful that there will be no competing candidates against their combined list, meaning the 13...