1993 in Pakistan

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While Pakistan moves closer to peaceful negotiation with Afghanistan in 1993, the nation was fed with enough governmental dramatisation when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan and dismisses the Nawaz government. Towards the end however, Farooq Laghari is appointed the eighth president and Benazir Bhutto is ushered into the office yet again.

Contents 1 Events 2 Deaths 3 References

[edit] Events

• February 5 - Kashmir Solidarity Day observed for the first time.
• March 7 - Afghan political groups sign the Islamabad Accords in Pakistan in order to form a coalition until elections can be held.^[1][2]
• April 18 - President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves National Assembly, dismisses Nawaz Sharif government. Balakh Sher Mazari becomes care-take prime minister.
• May 26 - Supreme Court restores 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 held. PPP wins 86; PML (N) secures 72 seats.
• October 19 - Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister by 121 votes for the second time.^[3]
• November 13 - Farooq Laghari elected eighth President of Pakistan.
• December 28 - Pakistan begins a campaign to eradicate polio.^[4]

[edit] Deaths

• January 8 - General Asif Nawaz dies of heart attack in Rawalpindi.

[edit] References