Last year, between November 12 and 13, Pakistan’s legislature passed the 27th Amendment, or PCA, which subsequently received presidential assent. The PCA significantly diminishes the central role of the Supreme Court in Pakistan’s constitutional order. By transferring original jurisdiction over constitutional interpretation, fundamental rights and federal-provincial disputes to a newly created Federal Constitutional Court, or FCC, the amendment sidelines the Supreme Court from the most consequential questions of governance. The federal constitutional court questionIt is in this constitutional light that Pakistan’s creation of the FCC warrants scrutiny. Vanshaj Azad is an advocate, currently working as Law Clerk-cum-Research Associate in the Supreme Court of India

Source: The Hindu January 31, 2026 07:16 UTC