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Fazl announces 'forceful resistance' against government
 Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced that a forceful resistance against the governments anti-Islam agenda would be launched to remove it from power. Fazl told a press conference on Friday that the MMAs decision to resign from the National Assembly in protest at the Womens Protection Bill (WPB) was final, and plans for this purpose would be made at a meeting of the MMA supreme council on December 6. He challenged President Pervez Musharraf to shed his uniform and step into the political field to judge his public worth. He said the MMA would only resign from the National Assembly because we do not want to punish the NWFP and Balochistan assemblies. The MMA would not allow by-elections for seats that its members would vacate, he added. Fazl said that the WPB would not be implemented in NWFP and Balochistan. Provinces have the constitutional right to reject un-Islamic legislation, he added. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-18 |
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