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.
- 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.
- November 13 - Farooq Laghari is elected eighth President of Pakistan.
- December 28 - Pakistan begins a campaign to eradicate polio.
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