Pakistan’s 27th Amendment Makes Asim Munir Most Powerful Military Chief Ever

Pakistan is undergoing a dramatic constitutional overhaul — one that centralises unprecedented military power in the hands of Field Marshal Asim Munir. The Shehbaz Sharif government has passed the 27th Amendment, creating a new “Chief of Defence Forces” post that merges command, control, and promotion authority under Munir. The change abolishes the Chairman Joint Chiefs next year and grants lifetime privileges and Field Marshal–level tenures. Islamabad claims the move was triggered by India’s Operation Sindoor, which devastated Pakistani air assets in May. But inside Pakistan, a political storm is erupting — with Imran Khan calling Munir “the most oppressive dictator” and PTI alleging the amendment is being bulldozed without scrutiny.