HYDERABAD, Dec 4: Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly and a central leader of the MMA, Dr Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, has announced his resignation from the National Assembly in protest against the passage of the Protection of Women Act by parliament.

Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Monday, he said the act was passed when he was in Alwer (India) to attend the Urs of Hazrat Shah Ruknuddin. He said the `so-called’ women protection act was repugnant to Islam and was aimed at exploiting women, promoting promiscuity and obscenity.

He said the enforcement of this act would convert Pakistan into a `free sex zone’.

He said in protest against the passage of this Act, he had submitted his resignation from the National Assembly to his party chief, Sahibzada Shah Mohammad Anas Noorani.

He said the parliamentary committee of the MMA would meet on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a proposal that all members of the alliance should submit resignations to the speaker of the National Assembly.

He, however, warned the government that MMA lawmakers, after tendering resignations, will not sit back and relax, but launch a movement throughout the country, the like of which has never been seen before in Pakistan.