1995 in Pakistan
overview of Pakistan-related events during the year of 1995
Events from the year 1995 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister: Benazir Bhutto
Chief Justice: Syed Sajjad Ali Shah
Governors
Governor of Balochistan – Imran Ullah Khan
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Khurshid Ali Khan
Governor of Punjab –
until 22 May: Raja Saroop Khan
22 May-19 June: Muhammad Ilyas
starting 19 June: Raja Saroop Khan
Governor of Sindh – Mahmoud Haroon (until 21 May); Kamaluddin Azfar (starting 21 May)
Events
January - Pakistan became a founding member of the World Trade Organization
Pakistan invests in the private sector to boost power production.
June - the government announced policies that backtracked on earlier commitments to reduce the fiscal deficit and lower import tariffs.
July – The Pakistani embassy in Kabul is attacked.
December – A bomb blast targeting the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad kills 13.
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