India Slams Pakistan At UN Over 'Constitutional Coup' Granting Lifetime Immunity To Asim Munir

India sharply criticised Pakistan at the United Nations over the 27th Constitutional Amendment that bolstered Field Marshal Asim Munir's powers and granted him lifetime immunity, calling it a "constitutional coup."

Parvathaneni Harish, India's Representative at the UN, targeted Pakistan's rule of law during a Security Council Open Debate, urging the neighbouring nation to reflect on its military's role in constitutional matters.

"Pakistan is well advised to introspect about the rule of law. It could start by asking itself how it has let its armed forces engineer a constitutional coup through the 27th amendment and giving life-time immunity to its Chief of Defence Forces," Parvathaneni said, without directly naming Munir.

Field Marshal Asim Munir was appointed Pakistan's first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for a five-year term last year, following the 27th Amendment passed in November.

The amendment formalised military supremacy by centralising command of all armed forces under one person and granting Munir lifetime immunity from arrest and prosecution.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk had also raised concerns, noting the amendment was rushed through "without broad consultation and debate with the legal community and wider civil society."

India's rebuke came while responding to Pakistan's "false and self-serving account" of Operation Sindoor during the Security Council debate.

"I now respond to the comments of the representative of Pakistan, an elected member of the Security Council, which has a single-point agenda to harm my country and my people. He has advanced a false and self-serving account of Operation Sindoor in May last year," Parvathaneni stated.

India maintained that Operation Sindoor, launched on 7 May 2025, targeted terrorists in retaliation for the 22 April Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

"This august body itself called for holding the perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and brought to justice. That is exactly what we did," the envoy said.

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