PPP has joined Govt team, says Baloch

LAHORE—Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Sunday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has compromised with President Pervez Musharraf by supporting controversial Women Protection Bill.
MMA Deputy Parliamentary Leader Liaqat Baloch told newsmen here at Mansoora that MMA’s decision to resign from the assemblies is a final decision and there would be no change in it, whatsoever.
Baloch said the decision to quit assemblies was for the sake of democratic rights of the people and Islamic values and it is not an anti-democracy step. He vowed that the religious parties would not keep silent on legislation contrary to the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah adding, “We will continue our struggle for restoration of democracy in the country.”
“We are abided by our promise of resigning from the assemblies and the impression that MMA is deviating from it, is untrue,” he added. He said the announcement of resignations from the assemblies by MMA has put the rulers in deep trouble. He said the religious alliance was contacting other opposition parties in this regard. Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Deputy Parliamentary Leader Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has said that his resignation is as per the manifesto of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).
In an interview to a private TV on Sunday, the opposition leader said that even in the presence of ten thousand ulema he can prove that the bill is un Islamic. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is untrustworthy. He maintained at the first meeting of the MMA Supreme Council it was decided that the MMA will resign. I announced my decision to resign from the assembly on the basis of this decision. MMA has appreciated my decision to resign that proves that there are no differences within MMA. Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said that I feel proud at resigning against the passage of Hudood bill from the assembly.
He challenged PML President that he can prove the bill as un-Islamic. In response to a query, he said Chaudhry Shujaat has been disloyal earlier he entered into an agreement with MMA on the issue of Women Protection Bill but later backed out. Later he called the ulema committee and entered into an agreement with them saying that the bill will be presented in the assembly along with (MMA) recommendations. He failed to live up to it as well. Deputy Secretary General of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and member National Assembly Liaqat Baloch has said that the decision of resignations by MMA is aimed at the strengthening of Islamic norms in the country.
He expressed his views while addressing to Jamaat-e-Islami district convention here in Gujranwala on Sunday. Liaqat Baloch said that MMA would not remain a silent spectator over passing of unislamic laws in the country while the decision of resignations by MMA is its democratic right. “MMA decision of resignations is aimed at the fortification of Islamic values in the country”, he added.—Agencies