Pakistan has enacted a landmark shift in its military command structure, officially consolidating the authority of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) with the creation of the new post of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). CNN-News18 has accessed the official notification confirming that the incumbent Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, will assume this unified, supreme command.

This major restructuring was formalised through the controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly with a two-thirds majority. The amendment fundamentally alters the chain of command, stipulating that all three service chiefs —of the Army, Navy, and Air Force—will now officially report directly to the Chief of Defence Forces, placing all operational and institutional comma

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