The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has quit the National Assembly and will attend the next session only to submit its resignations to the speaker, said MMA President Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Monday He was speaking at a rally to protest against the Women’s Protection Bill organised by the MMA women’s wing at Aabra Chowk in Rawalpindi. The protesters chanted slogans and carried banners inscribed with slogans denouncing General Pervez Musharraf and the bill.Qazi Hussain said that the MMA had decided to take to the streets to protest against the Musharraf regime and to “protect the dignity of women”, which was “under threat” with the passage of the Women’s Protection Bill. He said the government had failed to muster the support of even a single religious scholar for the bill. “Now we will not hold talks with anyone in the government on the issue of the bill,” he said.