1990 in Pakistan
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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.[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