New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation of Pakistan’s constitutional confrontation, Supreme Court judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah resigned on Thursday, accusing the state of dismantling judicial independence through the Twenty-Seventh Constitutional Amendment a measure widely seen as consolidating unprecedented authority in the hands of the military establishment and its chief, General Asim Munir.

In his resignation letter to the President, Justice Shah said the amendment “stands as a grave assault on the Constitution,” warning that it strips the Supreme Court of its defining powers and places the judiciary “under executive influence.”

While the letter does not name individuals, the political backdrop is unmistakable: the amendment was passed just a day after Parliament approved sweeping

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