Pakistan's 'constitutional coup' enters new phase as Asim Munir pushes idea of creating new provinces

IANS | September 22, 2026 4:28 PM

London, Sep 22 (IANS) Pakistan is not a functioning democracy, and the proposal to create new provinces has emerged not from a national debate, a parliamentary commission or a movement towards greater devolution. Instead, it has come from Asim Munir in his latest role — Chief of Defence Forces, army chief, nuclear custodian, lifetime beneficiary of constitutional immunity and now, apparently, part-time cartographer, a report has detailed.