1990 in Pakistan

Dandot railway station in 1990

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  • 1990s
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See also:

Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • President: Ghulam Ishaq Khan
  • Prime Minister:
    • until 6 August: Benazir Bhutto
    • 6 August-6 November: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
    • starting 6 November: Nawaz Sharif
  • Chief Justice: Muhammad Afzal Zullah (starting 1 January)

Governors

  • Governor of Balochistan – Musa Khan
  • Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Amir Gulistan Janjua
  • Governor of Punjab – Tikka Khan (until 6 Augus Y t); Mian Muhammad Azhar (starting 6 August)
  • Governor of Sindh – Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (until 6 August); Mahmoud Haroon (starting 6 August)

Events

  • January: Sukkur rail disaster.[1]
  • August: Benazir Bhutto's first government is dismissed as Prime Minister of Pakistan on charges of incompetence and corruption by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. See Mehrangate.[2]
  • August-November: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi heads Pakistan's first caretaker government after Benazir Bhutto's dismissal.[3]
  • October: The United States cuts off aid to Pakistan under suspicion that Pakistan is developing nuclear weapons.[4][5]
  • November: Jatoi's caretaker government ends following general elections in October which see Nawaz Sharif and the IJI come to power.[6]

Births

  • 10 April - Fakhar Zaman, cricketer

Deaths

  • 6 April - Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist

See also

  • List of Pakistani films of 1990

References

  1. ^ Ap (1990-01-05). "At Least 210 Die in Pakistan's Worst Rail Crash". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ Muñoz, Heraldo (2014). Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-393-06291-5.
  3. ^ "Pakistan has had seven caretaker PMs till date". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  4. ^ Khan, Rais A. (1992-02-01). "Pakistan in 1991: Light and Shadows". Asian Survey. 32 (2): 197–206. doi:10.2307/2645219. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645219.
  5. ^ "NTI: Research Library: Country Profiles: Pakistan". 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ Khawar, Usama (2023-08-08). "The problematic precedence of caretaker governments in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
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