The Pakistani government introduced the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Senate, which proposes major changes to the country’s military command structure and constitutional framework.

According to Dawn, the wide-ranging bill, tabled on Saturday, seeks to abolish the office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), and introduce a new post of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), effectively placing the Army Chief at the top of Pakistan’s armed forces.

The proposed amendment rewrites Pakistan’s Article 243 of the Constitution, which governs the control and command of the armed forces.

Under the new arrangement, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan would also serve concurrently as the Chief of Defence Forces, making the army chief the constitutionally recognised he

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