1993 in Pakistan

While Pakistan moved closer to peaceful negotiation with Afghanistan in 1993, President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved the National Assembly of Pakistan and dismissed the Nawaz government. Toward the end of the year, Farooq Laghari was appointed the eighth president and Benazir Bhutto was ushered into office yet again.

Events

• February 5 - Kashmir Solidarity Day is 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 the National Assembly and dismisses the Nawaz Sharif government. Balakh Sher Mazari becomes interim prime minister.
• May 26 - The Supreme Court restores the National Assembly and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
• June 5 - 24 Pakistani soldiers are massacred in Somalia as part of the UN peacekeeping mission there.
• July 18 - President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quit their offices.
• October 6 - General elections are 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 is elected eighth President of Pakistan.
• December 28 - Pakistan begins a campaign to eradicate polio.^[4]

Deaths

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

See also

• 1992 in Pakistan
• Other events of 1993
• 1994 in Pakistan
• Timeline of Pakistani history

References