Overview
- At a UN Security Council open debate on January 27, India's envoy Parvathaneni Harish urged Pakistan to examine its rule of law and the military's role in constitutional changes.
- The 27th Amendment centralized command of Pakistan's army, navy, and air force under a new Chief of Defence Forces and granted the office lifetime immunity from arrest and prosecution.
- Field Marshal Asim Munir was appointed the first Chief of Defence Forces for a five-year term after his name was recommended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
- India defended its May 7, 2025 Operation Sindoor as a measured, non-escalatory response targeting terrorists after the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
- Harish accused Pakistan's UN ambassador of offering a false, self-serving account of Operation Sindoor, and cited UN human-rights concerns that the amendment was rushed without broad consultation.