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

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan – Musa Khan
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Amir Gulistan Janjua
• Governor of Punjab – Tikka Khan ; Mian Muhammad Azhar
• Governor of Sindh – Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim ; Mahmoud Haroon

Events

• January: Sukkur rail disaster.
• August: Benazir Bhutto's First [Benazir Bhutto government|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