Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed into law sweeping constitutional reforms relinquishing key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary democracy weakened by military rule.

Zardari signed the amendment removing the head of state’s power to sack the prime minister and dissolve parliament at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif.

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed into law sweeping constitutional reforms relinquishing key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary democracy weakened by military rule.

Zardari signed the amendment removing the head of state’s power to sack the prime minister and dissolve parliament at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif.