New command structure of armed forces |
AFTER the passage of 27th Amendment bill command structure of armed forces has been restructured. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has been appointed the country’s first Chief of Defense Forces while also serving as Chief of Army staff COAS. After some controversy and usual conspiracy theories on the advice of Prime Minister President of Pakistan formally made the announcement. With this approval, Asim Munir becomes the first official to assume newly created role of Chief of Defense Forces under revamped constitutional and legal framework.
The creation of CDF position, and consolidation of military leadership under Asim Munir, follow sweeping constitutional and legal changes brought by the 27th Constitutional Amendment last month. The latest 27th amendment to the constitution amended and revised article 243 that governs command and control of country’s armed forces. Now the office of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff committee stands abolished after nearly fifty years of its creationand in its place new position of Chief of Defense Forces has been created. The COAS is now CDF and institutional role of all three armed forces that is army navy and air force has been merged under a single command. The Parliament of Pakistan has passed amendments to the army act, Air Force Act and Navy act to make these changes........