Sentence examples for for emergency rule from inspiring English sources

Diplomats said drafts of a provisional constitutional order allowing for emergency rule had been prepared.

"If things do get bad there is a constitutional provision for emergency rule," said Tariq Azim Khan, the minister of state for information, referring to the security situation.

Even with a new army chief and chief justice, Mr Sharif will have to balance the demand to seek justice for emergency rule, with the needs of a military that remains the most powerful institution in the land.

Admiral Fallon's warning underscored a flurry of appeals in the past few days by Western governments for General Musharraf to abandon plans for emergency rule, a Western diplomat said.

As early as last week, close aides to the general and intelligence officials started hinting at the possibility of a "drastic step" — a euphemism for emergency rule — which has been instituted six or so times in Pakistan's 60 years of independence.

Statements by senior American officials calling for the end of emergency rule have stressed the need for free and fair elections, free media and a return to constitutional rule but have not mentioned the Supreme Court.

Sparked by a trivial incident at Dhaka University, protests spread to most university towns, as students called for the lifting of emergency rule and the restoration of democracy.

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The European Commission listed the lifting of emergency rule as an objective for Turkey on Nov. 8.

Far more serious, however, was the decision by the government to set up a special court to try Musharraf for treason, not for his 1999 coup but for taking emergency rule powers in 2007.