Army Chief tenure to reset with CDF appointment

Fatman17 said:
Military overhaul: ‘Jointness’ in name, centralisation in practice
https://www.dawn.com/news/1955215?utm_source=whatsapp
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I don't know why this article didn't include the Pakistan Army (Ammendent) Act 2020 to give a historical context on the changes now further made to Sections 176 and 176A.

In 2020, when Gen Bajwa was given a service extension by then PM Imran Khan - the PAA section 176A was ammended to include the following:

"in section 176A, after the word "Army", the words and commas "including, appointment, reappointment, extension or retirement of the Chief of the Army Staff and/or the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee" shall be added."

The above amendment was made to provide the legal basis to PM Imran Khan for awarding service extension to CoAS. The further change made now is an extra layer of legal cover for the PM i.e. PM's authority and decision to appoint, reappoint, and award service extension to the officers mentioned in 176A can not be challenged in a Judicial Court.

In summary, the changes made in 2020 and now in 2025 cements the indisputable authority of Federal Government to "appoint, reappoint, extend, or retire a CDF and CNSC.
With this historical context it can now be clearly understood how this was already planned and the only manifested difference is that the PTI's pitched horse lost the race (we all know who we was).

The amendment in PAA 176C - serves to close a previous loophole of VCoAS. Previously, VCoAS could be appointed by Federal Government in exclusivity and awarded the functions of CoAS (e.g. CoAS is on leave abroad, and VCoAs is the A/CoAS who can provide favors to Federal Government exercising the powers of CoAS) but now this appointment needs recommendation from CDF first. So the loophole closed here is "birthing a challenger to CDF (previously CoAS)"
 
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No news in the media. You know why
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What is this? & Who is this? Language looks like Hebrew but both X and Google fail to translate it.
 
So the field marshal is now in charge of the air force and navy? How does that sit with the ego of Sindu? Not good for the PAF to have an army man giving it orders. What a way to achieve self defeat.
 

President gives assent to bill resetting army chief’s tenure after appointment as CDF​


Nadir Guramani | News Desk
November 15, 2025
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaMc238IiRov8okfYy3n
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday gave his assent to three bills, including one for resetting the tenure of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir after his appointment as the chief of the defence forces (CDF).

The president gave his assent to the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill 2025. Notifications of the same were also shared by the PPP on social media platform X.

With his assent, the bills have now become part of the Constitution.
 
Under the new changes made to the Army Act, the expression “chief of the army staff” will be replaced with “chief of the defence forces” as per the 27th Amendment. Similarly, the expression “Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee” (CJCSC) will be replaced with the “commander of the National Strategic Command”.

Further, changes have been made to Section 8A of the Pakistan Army Act 1952, saying that “provided that for the first appointment of the chief of the army staff concurrently the chief of the defence forces under paragraph (a) of Clause 4 of the Article 243 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the tenure under this section shall commence from the date of notification of the said office”.
 
Another change pertains to the appointment of commander of the National Strategic Command says, “The prime minister may, on the recommendation of the chief of the army staff concurrently the chief of the defence forces, appoint the commander of the National Strategic Command, from amongst generals in the Pakistan Army, for a tenure of three years.” The proposed amendment also authorises the prime minister to “reappoint the commander…for additional tenure of three years and/or extend the tenure(s)…up to three years” on the recommendations of the CDF.

Under the changes, the appointment, reappointment or extension of the commander of the National Strategic Command, or the “exercise of discretion by the appointing authority in this regard, shall not be called into question before any court on any ground whatsoever”.

Meanwhile, the changes to the air force and navy laws include the elimination of the post of CJCSC from their documents.
 
Further, the federal government may, on the recommendation of the army chief and concurrently the CDF and by order in writing, “authorise the officer appointed as vice chief of the army staff or deputy chief of the army staff to exercise and perform such of the powers and functions vested in the chief of the army staff under any law, rules, regulations, orders or instructions for the time being in force as may be so specified”.
 
Can senior PAF or PN staff be appointed to the new role CNSC or will it always be an army general? And why is he now also immune to prosecution or any form of judicial or criminal oversight?
 
Corax said:
Can senior PAF or PN staff be appointed to the new role CNSC or will it always be an army general? And why is he now also immune to prosecution or any form of judicial or criminal oversight?
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Both are from Army for now.
 
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