Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on November 13 signed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, making it part of Pakistan’s Constitution. The 27th Constitutional Amendment is an extensive legislative initiative, presented to Pakistan's Parliament, that will reform two of the fundamental pillars of the state, the military command structure and the superior judiciary. The government has framed the amendments as necessary changes to the military integration with the modern state, but critics feel the amendments will significantly overhaul the civil-military balance of power by concentrating power in the executive and military spheres at the expense of established democratic institutions. The changes, will reform roles of the armed forces, the Supreme Court, and federal-provincial financial nexuses, has resulted in a heated political-legal dispute, in which many have drawn parallels to previous constitutional modifications that have somewhat fitted non-civilian power into the broader public political culture....