MMA firm to boycott NA, says Qazi

ISLAMABAD—President of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Sunday announced that MMA has decided not to attend assembly sessions and the religious amalgamation will not accept any privileges from the parliament and stay away from committee meetings as well.
MMA will remain united at all costs for the ouster of President General Pervez Musharraf from power, he said while addressing the gathering of party members here at Jamaat-e-Islami office. “Our protest against the government will be peaceful and we are ready to face the bullets if the government try to sabotage the protest ,” he pledged.
Commenting on scheduled protest against the government over the passage of the controversial bill, he pointed out that all parties were united including students of seminaries to sack the military junta. Contacts with different parties are underway to pave the way of protest against the government, he added. He ruled out differences among party ranks.
Our protest is not only against the WPB but also against Musharraf and US policies, he held, adding we will continue our protest till the Islamic revolution. Referring to the government policies for bringing unrestrained freedom, he said, we will not allow secularism in the country.
Elaborating the upcoming elections, he pointed out, different surveys are underway to make General Musharraf a popular leader. He will only learnt about his popularity when he will doff his uniform and come into real politics, Qazi added.—Online