Overview
- President Asif Ali Zardari gave assent to the Pakistan Army, Air Force, and Navy amendment bills, making the service-law changes part of the 27th Constitutional Amendment.
- The Army chief will concurrently serve as Chief of Defence Forces with a five-year term starting from official notification, and the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will be abolished on November 27, 2025.
- On the CDF’s recommendation, the prime minister will appoint the Commander of the National Strategic Command for three years with possible reappointment or extension, and such decisions are shielded from court challenges.
- A Federal Constitutional Court has been created with exclusive jurisdiction over constitutional matters, and Justice Aminuddin Khan was sworn in as its first chief justice with additional appointments reported.
- Supreme Court justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah and Lahore High Court judge Shams Mehmood Mirza resigned in protest, as critics warn of concentrated military authority and weakened judicial review while supporters call the overhaul modernization for multi-domain threats.