1995 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1995 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Farooq Leghari
• Prime Minister: Benazir Bhutto
• Chief Justice: Syed Sajjad Ali Shah

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan – Imran Ullah Khan
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Khurshid Ali Khan
• Governor of Punjab –
• until 22 May: Raja Saroop Khan
• 22 May-19 June: Muhammad Ilyas
• starting 19 June: Raja Saroop Khan
• Governor of Sindh – Mahmoud Haroon (until 21 May); Kamaluddin Azfar (starting 21 May)

Events

• January - Pakistan became a founding member of the World Trade Organization
• Pakistan invests in the private sector to boost power production.
• June - the government announced policies that backtracked on earlier commitments to reduce the fiscal deficit and lower import tariffs.
• July – The Pakistani embassy in Kabul is attacked.
• December – A bomb blast targeting the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad kills 13.
• First Pakistan Auto Show

Births

• 5 January – Muhammad Tousiq, field hockey player
• 2 February – Arfa Karim, student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008) (died 2012)
• 10 March – Aima Baig, singer
• 15 October – Diana Baig, female cricketer
• 9 November – Sara Raza Khan, singer
• 12 December – Sami Aslam, cricketer
• 28 December – Mohammad Abubakar Durrani, canoeist

Deaths

• April 16 – Iqbal Masih, born 1983, children's right activist

References