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| Pakistan’s Constitutional Amendment: Military Above the Nation | | |
by Farooq Ganderbali
Pakistan’s recent Constitutional Amendment has officially placed the military—and especially Field Marshal Asim Munir—above all civilian institutions. The amendment grants him lifelong authority, immunity, and complete control, making him the most powerful man in Pakistan with constitutional protection.
In a normal country, the army exists to protect the people. But in Pakistan, the people exist to protect the army. No elected leader or constitutional authority is above the General. Not even the President, the Chief Justice, or the Grand Mufti in a country that calls itself an Islamic Republic. The army chief stands higher than every institution, every law, a... |
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