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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicAsim Munir

Topic: Asim Munir

Asim Munir set to take charge as overall commander of Pakistan military, most powerful Army chief ever

In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.

Asim Munir could be Pakistan PM, PCB chair, Chief Justice. But these are for lesser mortals

In your arms, Asim Munir, under your five stars, Pakistan will progress from being a poor dumper truck to a shining dumper truck with an engine of a Mercedes.

Pakistan SC judges resign over 27th Amendment: How it crushes judicial independence, & controversy

This is the transcript of CutTheClutter Episode 1756, published on 13 November 2025, explaining how 27th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution shifts the power centre.

Constitutional coup as Pakistan’s 27th Amendment makes Munir Field Marshal for life & total immunity

This is the transcript of CutTheClutter Episode 1755, published on 12 November 2025, explaining significance of 27th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution.

Unopposed Munir, disarmed SC—How Pakistan’s new proposed constitutional amendment highlights a pattern

Munir was first promoted to Field Marshal after he oversaw Pakistan response to Op Sindoor. Now, the new amendment, if passed, grants lifetime status & constitutional protection.

What is Pakistan’s 27th Amendment? Gives military more power, people say ‘death of justice’

Pakistani journalist Zarrar Khuhro wrote that Article 243 has been amended five times in 'the ongoing struggle for control between the country’s civilian and military power centers.'

Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

America imagines Asim Munir is the cure to jihadism. He is the disease

Less than an hour earlier, William Putscher had been lunching on a hot dog by the poolside, in the congenial environment of the American...

Munir threatens India, again; accuses Delhi of ‘using’ TTP, asks Afghan Taliban to ‘rein in proxies’

Speaking at Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad’s Kakul, Field Marshal Munir said it is ‘disconcerting that Afghan soil is being used for terrorism in Pakistan’.

Pakistan Army’s FWO and NLC are the business empires that will benefit from Trump proximity

Pakistan’s minerals deal with US will benefit only the army. It does not trust the civilians.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.