As Pakistan was created by the division of India into two dominions, it inherited, along with India, the laws in force at the time of the partition. Martial law was part of the existing laws thus inherited. As w
CHITRAL: We have experienced Democratic periods and Martial law eras taking turns in Pakistan ever since independence. We have also seen that both the dispensations have brought nothing but misery to the country in one form or the other. A school of thought believes that democracy has not been...
Lawyers vs the General ; As lawyers in Pakistan take to the streets in fierce defiance of martial law, Iftikhar Chaudhry - the Chief Justice who sparked the crisis - issues a warning to Musharraf in an exclusive statement smuggled out from under house arrest...
After that ‘the Pakistan judiciary had to face unique situation when it was required to pronounce on the legality of a new regime which usurped power through an unprecedented means hitherto unknown in the constitutional history of the Commonwealth. The martial law imposed by Mirza was not...
The image of Musharraf being treated as a criminal suspect shocked Pakistan, where military generals long have been considered above the law. Pakistan allowed him to leave the country on bail to Dubai in 2016 for medical treatment and he remained there after facing a later-overturned death...
President Yoon’s decision came without prior notice or buildup, catching the nation and international observers off guard. While South Korea has a history of authoritarian leadership in its early years, it has been widely regarded as a stable democracy. The sudden imposition of martia...
In the case of my city in that particular time, it was “war government” that had little influence on ordinary citizen simply because there were too many factions.But prior to that time and after that year I experienced and went through something that looks more like real “martial law” ...
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LAW, MARTIAL. Martial law is a code established for the government of the army and navy of the United States. 2. Its principal rules are to be found in the articles of war. (q.v.) The object of this code, or body of regulations is to, maintain that order and discipline, the funda...
Martial Law Again in Pakistandoi:10.1080/00927678.1978.10554045Shirin Tahir-KheliPolitical ScienceAsian Affairs: An American Review