It’s been six months since Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen Asim Munir elevated himself to the rank of field marshal. Now, he’s got another promotion, to Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), and he has the civilian establishment to thank.

Suba Chandran, who teaches and researches on Pakistan at the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru, says the 27th amendment which brought about Munir’s promotion, has other implications but it’s important to understand why the ruling PML(N) under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif came up with it.

“If you look at the number of the seats that PML-N has, all of them are from from Punjab, and the PTI (of Imran Khan) has given a tough fight in Punjab … So PML-N is pretty weak and getting weaker and the only base that it could look for (help) is the (army) estab

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