ISLAMABAD:

The fate of Pakistan’s top court hangs in the balance as the government pushes through the 27th Constitutional Amendment – a move that could redefine, or even rename, the Supreme Court itself.

Tense deliberations are reportedly underway within the judiciary over whether to respond collectively to the existential threat to judicial independence.

Under the proposed amendment, the Supreme Court would be placed under a newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), its rulings bound by the latter’s jurisprudence. The FCC’s first chief judge would be appointed by the executive, a move critics warn risks undermining the separation of powers.

Observers have described the development as possibly “the last week of the present apex court”, noting that the amendment even seeks t

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