Overview
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office dismissed UN rights chief Volker Türk’s warning as biased and ungrounded, asserting the changes followed constitutional procedure.
- The UN statement said the amendment erodes judicial independence and military accountability, citing lifetime immunity for the president and top five‑star ranks.
- The law establishes a Federal Constitutional Court to handle constitutional matters, leaving the Supreme Court to civil and criminal cases.
- Türk flagged altered systems for appointing, promoting and transferring judges, noting the first FCC chief justice and judges were assigned on the prime minister’s advice.
- The reform also restructures command by abolishing the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and creating a Chief of Defence Forces, with Parliament passing the bill on Nov 13 after two‑thirds votes including a 64–4 Senate tally.