Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Doctrine of necessity" in English language version.
... Dismissing Mirza, army chief General Mohammad Ayub Khan took over first as chief martial law administrator ... a compliant judiciary upheld the imposition of martial law under the doctrine of necessity ...
IV B 10 a: the State's act is to safeguard an essential interest against a peril; b: the peril shall be grave and imminent