{"id":527827,"date":"2026-01-27T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=527827"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:19:04","slug":"president-zardari-signs-off-on-domestic-violence-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/president-zardari-signs-off-on-domestic-violence-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zardari signs off on domestic violence bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nPresident Asif Ali Zardari signed off on the much-debated Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2026, on Monday, along with six other bills that were passed by parliament.<br \/>\nAccording to a press release issued by the President\u2019s Secretariat, the approved legislation includes the National Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026; Export Development Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2026; Transfer of Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2026; Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2026; Daanish Schools Authority Bill, 2026; Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and the National Commission for Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2026.<br \/>\nLast week, a joint sitting of parliament passed the bills despite presidential objections, opposition protests and sloganeering in the House. The session was chaired by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq.<br \/>\nDuring the sitting, President Zardari\u2019s objections were formally raised on the Daanish Schools Authority Bill and the Domestic Violence Bill, with opposition lawmakers insisting that the president\u2019s advice should not be ignored.<br \/>\nOn the Daanish Schools bill, the president objected that the federal government should consult the provinces before establishing the authority.<br \/>\nOn the domestic violence bill, he termed the legislation \u201cvague\u201d and raised concerns over the proposed punishments, advising that the bill should be reconsidered instead of being approved in its present form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad President Asif Ali Zardari signed off on the much-debated Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2026, on Monday, along with six other bills that were passed by parliament. According to a press release issued by the President\u2019s Secretariat, the approved legislation includes the National Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026; Export Development Fund (Amendment) Bill, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-527827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Zardari signs off on domestic violence bill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/president-zardari-signs-off-on-domestic-violence-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Zardari signs off on domestic violence bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad President Asif Ali Zardari signed off on the much-debated Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2026, on Monday, along with six other bills that were passed by parliament. 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