Drive against Govt after resignations, says Qazi

CHAKWAL—Ameer Jammat-e-Islami and President Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said a decisive campaign against the government would start on December 7 when all MMA MNAs would formally submit their resignations from the National Assembly.
Addressing a press conference here Friday, MMA President said categorically that there are no differences with Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman on resignation issue and the decision regarding the resignations from NA is final. Qazi Hussain Ahmed told that all the prominent and leading religious scholars termed the Women Protection Bill that was approved from Parliament was in contradiction to the Quran and Sunnah and General Pervez Musharraf got this bill passed from the Parliament on the direction of American and anti Islamic forces.
MMA Leader said that the Parliament and Judiciary was made null and void and actually martial law was functioning in the country and our basic purpose was the restoration of democracy and General must go back to the barracks. He regretted that there was no justice in the judiciary and one-way traffic from the Military Generals was in progress and there was no protection of life and property of the people.
Ameer JI said that more than 50 percent population of the country was living under the poverty line, education, health and two time meals for common man were made difficult but still the rulers were harping on the same tune that country was on rapped progress. Qazi Hussain Ahmed declared that a craven democracy would start on 30th November from Lahore to Gujrat and people would mobilize for Islamic revolution.
He was confident that all the political parties of the country were unanimous on the removal of General Pervez Musharraf, revival of 1973 constitution and a powerful Election Commission of Pakistan that would guarantee free, fair and transparent election in the country. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)’s leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmad has said that had PPP not stabbed in the back of the opposition, then the government could not have get the Women Rights Bill passed.
He said that the ‘Charter of Democracy’ has reached to its end and Benazir Bhutto was responsible for its rupture. Talking to this news agency on Friday, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad said that it was decided in the MMA supreme council that as soon as the Women Rights Bill was passed in the National Assembly, resignations from the assembly would be tendered. He said that whatever he did was in compliance with the MMApolicies.
When quizzed, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad said that all the opposition parties had agreed on the formation of a grand alliance in the meeting held at theresidence of Chaudhry Nisar, but Benazir Bhutto opposed the setting up of a grand alliance, turning this meeting to a failure. Hafiz Hussain Ahmad told that he hadn’t received any charge sheet or notice from the leadership of his party and added, “Eyes were opened in Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and the funeral will also be taken out from here.”
Responding to another question, he told that MMA would resign from the National Assembly due to the ideological differences, but the resignations from the Senate and the provincial assemblies were tied to the decision of the opposition. MMA has said time has run out for talks with government adding it will never withdraw its resignations.
This was announced by MMA leadership while addressing a protest demonstration held here Friday against the passage of Women Protection Bill (WPB). The rally was led by Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, deputy parliamentary secretary of the religious grouping. The protesters held banners and placards inscribed with the slogans “ No to Faroogh-e-Fahashi bill, amendment in Hudood ordinance, a betrayal with constitution”. MMA leaders Liaqat Baloch and Mian Aslam also attended the rally.
Addressing the rally, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad and Liaqat Baloch said MMA has launched movement against the government on approval of WPB. Rulers have hurt the sentiments of the people by getting the Obscenity bill passed from the parliament, they alleged.—Agencies