The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) would not allow the government to hold by-elections on seats vacated by the partyÂ’s parliamentarians, declared MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed while referring to possible en bloc resignations in protest against the WomenÂ’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 MMAÂ’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 WomenÂ’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.