Staff Reporter

A High Court Division bench comprising Justice Mirza Hossain Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman yesterday began the final hearing on a writ petition filed by detained BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging the validity of the Election Commission’s letter inviting the reformist faction of her party for dialogue on electoral reforms.
Begum Zia filed the petition on November 18, 2007 seeking a stay order on the operation of the Election Commission’s (EC’s) letter (dated November 5, 2007) to Acting BNP (reformist) Secretary General to Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed to participate in the dialogue, instead of party Secretary General Khandker Delwar Hossain, who was appointed by her. [Read more]