Pakistan, Feb. 18 -- The National Assembly approved three important bills on Tuesday aimed at combating human trafficking and safeguarding vulnerable Pakistani migrants.

The bills-Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (Amendment) Bill 2025, Emigration (Amendment) Bill 2025, and Prevention of Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Bill 2025-were presented by Minister for Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazir Tarar.

The move comes in response to rising fatalities among illegal migrants, as reported in recent months. Tarar highlighted that the government had collaborated with various stakeholders over the past two months to refine these legislative changes, which propose amendments to the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act 2018, Prevention o...