1990 in Pakistan

Dandot railway station in 1990 |

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Pakistan |

* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
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Decades:|

* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s

See also:|

* History of Pakistan
* List of years in Pakistan
* Timeline of Pakistani history

Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 10 April - Fakhar Zaman, cricketer

## Deaths

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* 6 April - Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist

## See also

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* List of Pakistani films of 1990

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Pakistan has had seven caretaker PMs till date". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
4. ^ Khan, Rais A. (1992-02-01). "Pakistan in 1991: Light and Shadows". Asian Survey. 32 (2): 197–206\. doi:10.2307/2645219. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645219.
5. ^ "NTI: Research Library: Country Profiles: Pakistan". 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
6. ^ Khawar, Usama (2023-08-08). "The problematic precedence of caretaker governments in Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

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21st century|

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1990 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   * Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
*   * China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
*   * Laos
* Lebanon
*   * Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   * Pakistan
*   *   *   * Philippines
* Qatar
*   * Saudi Arabia
*   *   * Singapore
* Soviet Union
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
*   * Thailand
*   *   * Turkey
*   * United Arab Emirates
*   * Vietnam
*   *   * Yemen
*   *

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   * Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
*   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   *   * Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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