| Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah received Tuesday the resignations of seven of the eight MMA MPAs. Abdul Rehman Rajput, an MPA from Hyderabad belonging to the JUP, refused, however, to resign after joining the government and announced his support for President Musharraf in the presidential election. Three MMA MPAs arrived at the SpeakerÂ’s chamber two-and-a-half hours later than the scheduled time and submitted their resignations. They came as a procession with about a hundred of their supporters, chanting anti-Musharraf slogans. Many of the supporters succeeded in entering the building despite police blockades to the assembly. Among those who resigned were the MMAÂ’s Parliamentary Leader in the Sindh Assembly Maulana Umar Sadiq (JUI-F) along with his two colleagues Hameedullah Advocate (JI) and Nasrullah Shajji (JI) appeared in person while the other four members were absent. The Speaker told reporters that the other four are Maulana Ehsanullah Hazarvi (JUI-F), Hafiz Naeem (JUI-F), Younus Barai (JI) and Kulsoom Nizamani (JI). |