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1990 in Pakistan

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1990 in Pakistan

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Dandot railway station in 1990

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

References

References

  1. Ap. (1990-01-05). "At Least 210 Die in Pakistan's Worst Rail Crash". The New York Times.
  2. Muñoz, Heraldo. (2014). "Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan". W. W. Norton & Company.
  3. "Pakistan has had seven caretaker PMs till date".
  4. Khan, Rais A.. (1992-02-01). "Pakistan in 1991: Light and Shadows". Asian Survey.
  5. (2010-11-08). "NTI: Research Library: Country Profiles: Pakistan".
  6. Khawar, Usama. (2023-08-08). "The problematic precedence of caretaker governments in Pakistan".
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