{"id":55594,"date":"2025-11-28T12:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=55594"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:30:46","slug":"coordinating-post-btw-three-wings-of-pakistani-armed-forces-abolished-after-half-century-general-asim-munir-about-to-assume-new-more-powerful-post-chief-of-defence-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/coordinating-post-btw-three-wings-of-pakistani-armed-forces-abolished-after-half-century-general-asim-munir-about-to-assume-new-more-powerful-post-chief-of-defence-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinating Post btw Three Wings of Pakistani Armed Forces Abolished after Half Century ! General Asim Munir About to Assume New , More Powerful Post Chief of Defence Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Baqir Sajjad Syed for Dawn\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD : The most sweeping transformation of the higher defence organisation took effect at midnight on Thursday with the abolition of the post of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment, even as the government had yet to notify the appointment of the country\u2019s first chief of defence forces under the new structure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The operationalisation of the amendment to Article 243 of the Constitution, passed by parliament on November 13 and\u00a0signed into law\u00a0by President Asif Ali Zardari, was timed to coincide with the retirement of the last CJCSC, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza.<\/p>\n

With his departure, the tri-service coordinating post created in 1976 stood dissolved, ending nearly five decades of institutional representation for the navy and air force at the apex of military decision-making.<\/p>\n

Gen Mirza retired as the 18th and final occupant of the CJCSC office, a position which critics argued never fully realised its intended role of ensuring robust coordination among the three services.<\/p>\n

Under the restructured command architecture, oversight of joint operations, multi-domain planning and inter-service integration has been consolidated in the newly created chief of defence forces (CDS), who will simultaneously serve as chief of the army staff (COAS), thus\u00a0merging\u00a0operational, administrative and strategic authority into a single dual-hatted role.<\/p>\n

Although the government had not notified the CDF-cum-COAS appointment by Thursday evening, no surprises were expected.<\/p>\n

ANOTHER FIELD MARSHAL IN PAKISTAN ! FIVE STAR GENERAL ASIM MUNIR ! AIR CHIEF’S SERVICE EXTENDED ON HIS TERM IN OFFICE ENDS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n