1990 in Pakistan explained

Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

• 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.^[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]
  • • Mehrangate March: Imran Khan and his team wins Pakistan's first Cricket World Cup in 1992

Births

• 10 April - Fakhar Zaman, cricketer

Deaths

• 6 April - Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1990

Notes and References

1. News: Ap . 1990-01-05 . At Least 210 Die in Pakistan's Worst Rail Crash . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-10 . 0362-4331.
2. Book: Muñoz, Heraldo . Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan . 2014 . W. W. Norton & Company . 978-0-393-06291-5 . 61 . en.
3. Web site: Pakistan has had seven caretaker PMs till date . 2024-06-14 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
4. Web site: Khawar . Usama . 2023-08-08 . The problematic precedence of caretaker governments in Pakistan . 2024-06-14 . DAWN.COM . en.