1990 in Pakistan
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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)
Events
- Benazir Bhutto is dismissed as Prime Minister of Pakistan on charges of incompetence and corruption.
- 1991 – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins economic liberalisation programme. Islamic Sharia law formally incorporated into legal code.
- 1992 – Government launches campaign to stamp out violence by Urdu-speaking supporters of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi).
- 1993 – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns under pressure from military. General election brings Benazir Bhutto back to power.
- 1996 – President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto government amid corruption allegations.
- 1997 – Nawaz Sharif returns as prime minister after Pakistan Muslim League (N) wins elections.
- 1998 – Pakistan conducts its own nuclear tests after India explodes several nuclear devices.
- 1999 April – Benazir Bhutto and husband Asif Ali Zardari Former President of Pakistan convicted of corruption and given jail sentences. Ms Bhutto stays out of the country.
- 1999 May – Kargil War Pakistan-backed forces clash with the Indian military in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-administered Kashmir.
- 1999 October – General Pervez Musharraf seizes power in coup.
- 2000 April – Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on hijacking and terrorism charges over his actions to prevent the 1999 coup.
- Pucca Qila massacre took place in Hyderabad.
Deaths
- Najeeb Ahmed, leftist student activist, on 6 April
See also
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