1990 in Pakistan

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Events in the year 1990 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

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-held Kashmir. More than 1,000 people are killed on both sides.
• 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

• 1989 in Pakistan
• 1991 in Pakistan
• Timeline of Pakistani history
• List of Pakistani films of 1990

External links

• Timeline: Pakistan - BBC