Pakistan is on tenterhooks regarding the issuance of the notification appointing FM Asim Munir as the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), a position apparently created by amending Article 243, the relevant portion of which is: Amendment of Article 243 of the Constitution.

In the Constitution, in Article 243,-

(a) for clause (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(4) The President shall, on advice of the Prime Minister, appoint-

(a) The Chief of the Army Staff concurrently serves as the Chief of the Defense Forces;

(b) the Chief of the Naval Staff; and

(c) the Chief of the Air Staff; and shall also determine their salaries and allowances.”; and

(b) after clause (4), amended as aforesaid, the following new clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) shall be inserted, namely:-

“(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (4), the office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee shall stand abolished with effect from the twenty-seventh day of November two thousand and twenty-five.

(6) The Prime Minister shall, on the recommendation of the Chief of the Army Staff concurrently the Chief of the Defense Forces, appoint the Commander of the National Strategic Command from the members of Pakistan Army and shall also determine his salaries and allowances.

(7) Where the Federal Government promotes a member of the Armed Forces to the rank of Field Marshal, Marshal of the Air Force, or Admiral of the Fleet, such officer shall retain the rank, privileges, and........

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