Protest drive
without resignations an option: Fazl
ISLAMABAD—MMA General Secretary Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said they are
considering to launch movement against the government without tendering
resignations.
“We have to see if the act of resignations will benefit dictatorship or
democracy. We all are agreed on the existence and fortification of MMA.
We are considering to kick of campaign against the government without
tendering resignations”, he said this while talking to a group of
journalists after party Majlis-e-Shoora meeting here Tuesday.
“ We are considering the matter of collective resignation in the meeting
of Majlis-e-Shoora. All the recommendations will be presented in the
meeting of MMA parliamentary party, he said. The meeting is in progress.
The linkage between collective resignations with parliamentary
democratic norms is being considered seriously, he added.
He alleged policies and agenda being pursued by General Musharraf has
met absolute failure General Musharraf has failed to revive democracy in
the country, he added. He charged attempt has been made to attack on
NWFP chief minister Muhammad Akram Khan Durrani office through
Intelligence Bureau personal. He had placed this bomb alongside CM House
wall. Federation is truing to create disorder and turmoil in the
province under a well conceived conspiracy. It is interfering in
provincial matters. We strongly condemn it.
The state bank report has rejected the policies adopted by general
Musharraf, he held. The oil prices are decreasing in international
market and on the other hand the prices are being increased in Pakistan.
MMA is united on one point that president Musharraf himself is
extremist, he said adding how can he be a moderate who is wearing
uniform. Who will repose confidence on the person who does not doff
uniform and bring the dictatorship to end.
Hafiz Hussain Ahmad and Noor Ahmad have clarified about their
resignations that they will not violate party decisions, he indicated.
MMA President, Qazi Hussein Ahmad has said that decision to resign from
the National Assembly is irreversible, adding that strategy on
resignations will be evolved in the MMA Supreme Council meeting on
December 6-7. In an interview with a private TV channel he said there is
no rift in the MMA over the resignations issue and he has cordial
relations with Maulana Fazalur Rehman.
To a question he said that this is not mere an issue of bill, adding
President Pervez Musharraf had committed that he should have been a
civilian President after December 31, 2004 but he could not honour his
promise. Similarly, Qazi said Musharraf waged a formal war against
tribes in Waziristan and launched attacks on Bajaur, destroying a
madrassah, a mosque and killing 80 people.
Qazi said that relatives of ailing Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, a hero of
Pakistani nation, are barred from meeting him. Qazi said he could not
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