Overview
- An official farewell at Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi marked General Sahir Shamshad Mirza’s departure as the last chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
- In his address, General Mirza said rapidly evolving threats from hybrid tactics to full-scale conflict demand a unified, integrated strategy across the services.
- He urged the armed forces to build a fully empowered and capable system and asked personnel to uphold integrity, professionalism, and dedication as new responsibilities take hold.
- Local reporting states the CJCSC office has been formally retired, closing a decades-old coordination role that had come to be seen as largely ceremonial.
- Coverage links the shift to the 27th Constitutional Amendment, which is reported to replace the prior setup with a structure designed for clearer authority and tighter tri-service alignment, with implementation details not specified.