Zardari signs regulation to enforce Sharia law in Swat

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday ratified a regulation for enforcing of Islamic laws in the restive Swat valley, after the Parliament asked him to accord approval to the measure as part of a peace deal with the Taliban.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday ratified a regulation for enforcing of Islamic laws in the restive Swat valley, after the Parliament asked him to accord approval to the measure as part of a peace deal with the Taliban.

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Zardari signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 after it was approved with majority by the Parliament, said senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour.

Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar also confirmed the signing of the regulation.

The NWFP government drafted the regulation after entering into a deal with the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Sharia Muhammadi (TNSM), a group of religious hardliners, on enforcing Shariah in Swat.

The TNSM in turn began peace parleys with the local Taliban, who called a truce in the region.