New provisions will make field marshal Asim Munir most powerful

By Tirthankar Mitra

Pakistan’s ruling dispensation is dropping even the pretence of a civilian democracy. The country’s 27th constitutional amendment rushed through Parliament and signed by its President, Asif Ali Zardari is a clear pointer to it.

The amendment fires a broadside at Pakistan judiciary. It creates a new Federal Constitutional Court and gives the executive effective control at the selection of its judges. This about to be set up court appears to have been designed to reduce the influence of the Supreme Court. The powers that be in Pakistan seems to have cast a long look back before they decided to move this amendment.

After all, the Supreme Court in any democracy is the last fora of appeal against any transgr

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