Qazi Hussain Ahmed will not quit as president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and his recent statement that he wants to resign was only a message of anger to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), MMA sources told Daily Times on Monday. Even if Qazi tries to step down, the MMA Supreme Council will not accept his resignation, the sources said. “Currently the leaders of all MMA parties are in favour of Qazi as president and if he tries to quit his resignation will be rejected,” said the sources. Qazi is a strong proponent of the idea that MMA legislators must quit parliament, in protest at the Women’s Protection Act, but is being opposed by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the JUI-F. The sources said Qazi’s threat to quit was an expression of anger at Fazl.