Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.
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Incumbents
editFederal government
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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.[2]
- August-November: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi heads Pakistan's first caretaker government after Benazir Bhutto's dismissal.[3]
- November: Jatoi's caretaker government ends following general elections in November which see Nawaz Sharif and the IJI come to power.[4]
- March: Imran Khan and his team wins Pakistan's first Cricket World Cup in 1992
Births
edit- 10 April - Fakhar Zaman, cricketer
Deaths
edit- 6 April - Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pakistan has had seven caretaker PMs till date". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Khawar, Usama (2023-08-08). "The problematic precedence of caretaker governments in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-14.