1990 in Pakistan

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 August); 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.
• 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.
• August-November: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi heads Pakistan's first caretaker government after Benazir Bhutto's dismissal.
• October: The United States cuts off aid to Pakistan under suspicion that Pakistan is developing nuclear weapons.
• November: Jatoi's caretaker government ends following general elections in October which see Nawaz Sharif and the IJI come to power.

Births

• 10 April - Fakhar Zaman, cricketer

Deaths

• 6 April - Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1990

References