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Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court has awarded staff members salaries and allowances far exceeding those of Supreme Court employees—creating pay gaps of up to Rs300,000 (approximately $1,100 USD) per month—while simultaneously asserting exclusive authority over constitutional interpretation. The move deepens a constitutional crisis triggered by the 27th Amendment, which the FCC claims grants it supreme jurisdiction over all constitutional matters, a position the Supreme Court has explicitly rejected as creating an unconstitutional hierarchy.