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No by-elections if we vacate seats: Qazi
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) would not allow the government to hold by-elections on seats vacated by the party’s parliamentarians, declared MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed while referring to possible en bloc resignations in protest against the Women’s Protection Act, at an ulema convention held at the JI office Tuesday.

The en bloc resignations of MMA parliamentarians have been deferred due to differences of opinion in the MMA’s parliamentary committee. The issue would be discussed by the MMA supreme council and those who want to resign should be allowed to, but those who did not want to should register their protest against the Women’s Protection Act in parliament. Qazi Hussain said that the government would have to quit. He also urged religious scholars to mobilise public opinion for resistance to imperialist and colonialist powers and their agents.
Posted by: Fred 2006-12-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=176214