Overview
- President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Army, Air Force and Navy amendment bills under the 27th Constitutional Amendment, putting the changes into law on November 15.
- The Army Chief now also serves as Chief of Defence Forces with a five-year term that resets from the date of notification, and the CJCSC post is set to be abolished on November 27.
- A National Strategic Command is created with a commander appointed by the prime minister on the CDF’s recommendation for renewable three‑year terms that, by law, cannot be challenged in court.
- A Federal Constitutional Court has been established with exclusive constitutional jurisdiction, and Justice Aminuddin Khan was sworn in as its first chief justice.
- Senior judges, including Supreme Court justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah and Lahore High Court judge Shams Mehmood Mirza, resigned in protest, while some outlets report expansive immunities for top officers that others are contesting.