`Days of martial law in Pakistan now history`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 11:35

Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that only the constitutional system would function in the country.

No chance of martial law in Pakistan: Gilani

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 11:38

There would be no martial law in the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said in an apparent bid to dispel rumours of a military takeover.

`Martial law` is now `military law`

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 14:37

Parliament Wednesday passed a bill to amend the Repatriation of Prisoners Act to replace the words "martial law" with "military law", as the government said the former is not relevant in the Indian context.

Bahrain lawmakers ask King to impose martial law

Last Updated: Monday, March 14, 2011, 13:02

It`s unclear whether Bahrain`s King will heed the call for military clampdown.

`No chance` of another martial law in Pak: Sharif

Last Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 13:41

Former Pak premier and main opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said there is "no chance" of imposition of another spell of martial law.

"No chance" of another martial law in Pakistan: Sharif

Last Updated: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 21:21

Pakistan`s main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif said there is "no chance" of imposition of another spell of martial law in the country though steps should be taken to remove corrupt persons from the corridors of power.

Thai pro-govt supporters call for martial law

Last Updated: Monday, April 26, 2010, 21:43

Thailand`s elite-backed "Yellow Shirts" called on Monday for a state of martial law to end anti-government protests as the rival "Red Shirts" blocked police convoys heading to the strife-torn capital.

Philippines lifting martial law in south

Last Updated: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 16:04

A senior Cabinet official says President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has approved the lifting of martial law in a southern province where 57 people were massacred last month in the country`s worst political violence.

Martial law imposed on Phillipines massacre region

Last Updated: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 17:44

The Philippines has said it had imposed martial law in a southern province to quell a rebellion by a clan accused of being behind the massacre of 57 people.