1992 was a year mixed with euphoria and

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for Pakistan. While Pakistan won the finals of the

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, thousands died in the flooding that occurred in the northern regions of Pakistan as a result of torrential rains swelling the

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. The

Nawaz Nawaz may refer to: Given name * Nawaz Haq, Pakistani track and field athlete * Nawaz Sharif, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan * Muhammad Nawaz, gold medalist, physician * Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer * Mohammad Nawaz (footba ...

government inaugurated a few projects in the province of

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towards the betterment of road networks and ordered a military operation in the province of Sindh to counter the growing language riots and ethnic tension.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan ( ur, غلام اسحاق خان; 20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), was a Pakistani bureaucrat who served as the seventh president of Pakistan, elected in 1988 following Zia's death until his resignation in 1993. He wa ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...

* Chief Justice: Muhammad Afzal Zullah

Governors

Governor of Balochistan The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970, after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system, the ...

– Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai *

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ce ...

– Amir Gulistan Janjua * Governor of Punjab –

Mian Muhammad Azhar Mian Muhammad Azhar ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a Pakistani politician and a business oligarch representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is from an Arain noble and landlord family of Lahore, and remains a major political player of the city. He is a ...

Governor of Sindh The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the Chief Minister of Sindh, chief minister and t ...

–

Mahmoud Haroon Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon ( ur, ; 1920 – 6 November 2008) was a Pakistani politician with a career spanning over five decades who served as chairman of the Dawn Media Group, publisher of many newspapers in Pakistan.

Events

* 12 January –

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

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project launched. * 22 February – Nawaz Sharif introduces yellow-cab taxi scheme. * 26 April – Pakistan's Alam Channa enters Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world. * 20 May – A 6.0

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affects northern Pakistan causing moderate damage, killing 36 and injuring 100. * 19 June – Military operation starts in Sindh. * 8 September – 1992 India–Pakistan floods, almost 1,000 people die and 3 million are evacuated due to flooding in

province caused by torrential rains swelling the

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river and its tributaries, a thousand more are also killed in the Kashmir region. * 28 September –

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 was an Airbus A300, Aircraft registration, registration which Aviation accidents and incidents, crashed while approaching Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on 28 September 1992. All 167 pe ...

, an Airbus A300B4-203, crashes into the southern slope of the Chure Hills on approach to

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, killing all 167 passengers and crew.

Sports

Cricket

* 25 March – Pakistan defeats

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by 22 runs in

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in the finals of the

Births

* 2 January – Manzoor Ahmed, footballer * 2 March – Farhan Zaman, squash player * 14 April –

Mohammad Amir Mohammad Amir ( ur, ; born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer and bowler for the Pakistan national cricket team. He is playing as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and uses his left hand when batting. Amir made his first-class debut in N ...

, cricketer * 15 April – Rabia Ashiq, athlete * 21 June – Kainat Imtiaz, cricketer * 8 July – Raza Hasan, first-class cricketer * 9 July –

Muhammad Adil Muhammad Adil Iqbal ( ur, ; born 9 July 1992) is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lyallpur FC of Pakistan Premier League and the Pakistan national team. A right-footed player, he usually plays as central midfielder. Earlie ...

, footballer * 28 September –

Mawra Hocane Mawra Hussain (born 28 September 1992) Known professionally as Mawra Hocane is a Pakistani actress and model who primarily works in Urdu television. She made her acting debut with A-Plus's serial '' Khichari Salsa'' in 2011. Hocane is best ...

, actress and model * 4 November –

Alycia Dias Alycia Dias is a Pakistani playback singer, who is best known for singing the Urdu language serials. Her career began with her participation in the reality show '' LG Awaaz Banaye Star'', where she became the semi-finalist at the age of 17. She ...

, singer

Deaths

* 25 January –

Mir Khalil ur Rehman Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman (1927 – 25 January 1992) was the founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers which currently publishes many Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. A self-made newspaper magnate, he ranks among the most successful ...

. * 20 February –

Muhammad Asad Muhammad Asad, ( ar, محمد أسد , ur, , born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Pakistani journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, political theorist and diplomat. He was a Jew but, later conve ...

. * 5 March –

Jam Sadiq Ali Nawab Jam Sadiq Ali ( ur, جام صادق علی ) (ca. 1934– 5 March 1992) was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was the Sardar and Nawab of Samaat and Junejo tribes and belonged to the ruling dynasty of Samaa Ja'ams who ruled Sind ...

. * 17 June –

Ishrat Hussain Usmani Ishrat Hussain Usmani () ‎ (15 April 1917 – 17 June 1992) , best known as I. H. Usmani, was a Pakistani atomic physicist, and later a public official who chaired the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1960 to 1971 as well as ...

. * 8 May – Gul Mohammad. * 9 July –

Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz, Ph.D. (Urdu: ; June 12, 1937— July 9, 1992), was a Pakistani-American experimental physicist noted for his role in discovering new isotopes that expanded the neutron-deficient side of the atomic chart. Some of the isotope ...

. * 27 October –

Nayyar Sultana Nayyar Sultana (born Tayyaba Bano; 1937 – 27 October 1992), sometimes referred to in Pakistan as ''Malka-i-Jazbaat'' (Queen of Sentiments), was a Pakistani film actress. She became one of the foremost screen actresses of Lollywood in the 1 ...

References

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