Islamabad, Nov 13: Pakistan’s National Assembly on Thursday amended the army law, paving the way for the appointment of Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir as the coup-prone country’s first Chief of Defence Forces.

The development comes as President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday gave his assent to the controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment, making it part of the Constitution.

The purpose of the changes in the Army Act is to align the armed forces laws with the latest Constitutional Amendment, said a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.

Speaking in the National Assembly after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif presented the bill to amend the Army Act, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said the changes were not new laws, but amendments to existing legislation.

“The change in the

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