The government headed by General Pervez Musharraf is blackmailing the MMA leadership on the issue of degrees awarded by madrassas. MMA sources said here on Wednesday that government wanted to block the way for MMA in next general election for the pleasure of its foreign masters in the guise of Madrassas degrees.
Sources said that the Election Commission's July 29, 2002 notification declared madrassa-degree equivalent to graduation and permitting the holders to contest the elections.
Sources said that MMA would file a review petition before the apex court if the degrees awarded by Madrassas were declared invalid. Sixty-eight parliamentarians including seven senators of the MMA possess madrassa degrees. Many madrassa degree holders from other parties contested the 2002 elections.