History 1991-2000 Flashcards
1991
April 22: Jahangir Khan created history by winning British Open Squash title for the record tenth
consecutive time.
May 16: National Assembly adopted Shariat Bill.
July 17: Pakistan unveiled first battle tank Al-Khalid manufactured jointly by Pakistan and China.
August 14: Nawaz Sharif laid foundation-stone of Bab-i-Pakistan at Walton Lahore.
August 16: Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Baig retired. General Asif Nawaz assumed command.
1992
January 12: Lahore-Islamabad Motorway projected launched.
February 22: Nawaz Sharif introduced yellow-cab taxi scheme.
March 25: Pakistan won Cricket World Cup, defeating England by 22 runs in Melbourne.
April 26: Pakistan’s Alam Channa enterd Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world.
June 19: Military operation against MQM started in Sindh.
1993
January 8: General Asif Nawaz died of heart attack in Rawalpindi.
April 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved National Assembly, dismissed Nawaz Sharif government.
Balkh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister.
May 26: Supreme Court restored National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
July 18: President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices.
October 6: General elections were held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
October 19: Benazir Bhutto was elected Prime Minister by 121 votes.
November 13:Farooq Laghari was elected as eighth President of Pakistan.
1994
January 15: Pakistan Television transmission got accessed to 38 countries via satellite.
January 25: Benazir Bhutto inaugurated country’s first women police station in Islamabad.
April 14: Pakistan’s celebrated scientist Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui passed away in Karachi.
December 4: Pakistan regained World Hockey Championship title after 12 years, beating Holand 4-3.
December 26: Renowned poetess Perven Shakir was killed in a road accident in Islamabad.
1995
April 25: Veteran politician, G. M. Syed died in Karachi.
July 4: Sindh Government lifted ban on six Karachi evening newspapers.
July 8: WAPDA announced record increase of 14.5 percent in electricity rates.
December 6: Lahore High Court dismissed appeal against arrest of Maj. Gen. Zaheerul Islam Abbasi in
Khilafat Conspiracy Case.
1996
January 13: General Jahangir Karamat became chief of army staff.
February 11: Cricket World Cup jointely hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
April 25: Imran Khan launched new political party, Tehrik-i-Insaf.
September 20: Mir Murtaza Bhutto was assassinated in Karachi.
November 5: Farooq Ahmed Leghari dissolved National Assembly sacking Premier Benazir Bhutto. Malik
Mairaj Khalid became care-taker prime minister.
1997
January 29: Supreme Court upholded President’s proclamation dissolving the National Assembly and
dismissing Benazir Government.
February 3: Nation goes to the polls. PML secures 135 seats.
February 17: Nawaz Sharif sworn in as 19th Prime Minister.
February 23: Nawaz Sharif launched “Qarz utaro Mulk sanwaro” scheme. Declared Sunday, instead of
Friday as weekly holiday.
May 21: Saeed Anwar slamed world record score of 194 runs against India.
August 16: Noted Pakistani singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 48, passed away.
1998
January 1: Rafiq Tarrar sworn in as President of Pakistan
March 8: Population census began in the courntry.
May 28: Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in Chagai hills in Balochistan.
May 29: State Bank ban opening of new foreign currency accounts and suspends withdrawals.
June 4: UN Security Council denied nuclear power status to Pakistan and India.
1999
January 31: A classic Test match as Pakistan defeat India by twelve runs.
February 20: Pakistan Crushed India by 46 runs in inaugural Asian test championship
February 21: Lahore Declaration was signed by Nawaz Sharif and A. B. Vajpayee.
15 March: Pakistan beated Sri Lanka in the final of the inaugural Asian test championship.
April 15: Pakistan conducted test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.
16 April: Pakistan won Coca-Cola Cup final at Sharjah crushing India by 8 wickets
June 20: Australia defeated Pakistan in World Cup Cricket by 8 wickets.
July 26: Kargil War ended between Pakistan and India.
October 12: Nawaz Sharif was ousted from power and placed under house arrest after attempting to sack
General Pervez Musharraf.
2000
April 6: Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of hijacking and terrorism.
May 12: Supreme Court validated the October 1999 coup and granted General Pervez Musharraf executive
and legislative authority for three years.
August 14: President Musharraf introduced Local Government Ordinance.
December 10: Nawaz Sharif along with family, sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.
December 23: Famous singer, Noor Jahan passed away in Karachi.
