Overview

• The Election Commission’s June 25 gazette notification formally restored Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration and official symbol after the court directive.
• The party’s registration was first cancelled in 2018 following a High Court ruling and a 2013 Supreme Court decision that deemed it unfit to contest elections.
• This reinstatement enables Jamaat-e-Islami to field candidates in the polls slated for the first half of February 2026 under Muhammad Yunus’s interim government.
• Jamaat-e-Islami was originally banned in August 2024 by Sheikh Hasina’s administration over its support for Pakistani forces during the 1971 independence war.
• The move follows other electoral changes, including a May 2025 ban on the ruling Awami League under anti-terrorism legislation.