In Pakistan the doctrine of necessity was invoked by:

In Pakistan, the Doctrine of Necessity was first invoked by Chief Justice Muhammad Munir in 1954 to validate Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad's extra-constitutional dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, establishing a precedent later used by the judiciary to legitimize military interventions, including General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law. This doctrine, based on the maxim "necessity makes lawful that which is otherwise not lawful," justified breaking constitutional rules for the perceived greater good of the state, thereby undermining parliamentary democracy.