President Zardari signs key legislative bills into law

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday accorded his assent to different important legislative bills on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, following their passage by both houses of Parliament.

The president signed into law the Qanun-e-Shahadat (law of evidence) (Amendment) Bill, 2025 as well as King Hamad University of Nursing and Associated Medical Sciences Bill, 2025.

President Zardari also assented to the National Commission for Minorities Rights Bill, 2025 aimed protecting, empowering and developing religious minority communities through various measures across the country.

However, he returned the Daanish Schools Authority Bill, 2025 to the prime minister for reconsideration, in view of the need for provincial consultation.

In his observation, President Zardari viewed that a prior consultation with the relevant provincial governments was inevitable in case of establishment of Daanish Schools in the provinces.