1989 in Pakistan

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Events in the year 1989 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ghulam Ishaq Khan
• Prime Minister: Benazir Bhutto
• Chief Justice: Mohammad Haleem (until 31 December)

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan – Musa Khan
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Amir Gulistan Janjua
• Governor of Punjab – Tikka Khan
• Governor of Sindh – Qadeeruddin Ahmed (until 19 April); Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim (starting 19 April)

Events

• 20 October–27 October – The South Asian Games take place in Islamabad.^[1]
• Pakistan announces the successful test firing of the Hatf-1 and Hatf-2 missiles.^[2]
• The science-fiction film Shaani is released.
• Pakistan returns to its status as a Commonwealth republic, having been outside the Commonwealth of Nations since January 1972.

Deaths

• Brigadier Tariq Mehmood: 29 May 1989

References