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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Pakistan’s parliament votes to give army chief sweeping new powers

Pakistan’s powerful army chief secured expanded powers and lifelong legal immunity after the parliament passed a bill limiting the independence of the Supreme Court.

Opposition figures and critics denounced the controversial amendment passed on Wednesday as “the funeral of democracy” and the “death knell for an independent judiciary”.

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