1990 in Pakistan

Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.

Dandot railway station in 1990

← 1989 1988 1987 1990 in Pakistan → 1991 1992 1993
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

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 Augus Y t); 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

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1990