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1992 in Pakistan
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1992 remained a years mixed with euphoria and tragedy. While Pakistan won the finals of the Cricket World Cup, thousands died in the flooding that occurred in the northern regions of Pakistan as a result of torrential rains swelling the Indus river. The Nawaz government inaugurated a few projects in the province of Punjab 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.

Events

• 12 January - Lahore-Islamabad motorway 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.
• 22 May - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scales strikes northern Pakistan.^[1]
• 19 June - Military operation starts in Sindh.
• 8 September - Almost 1000 people die and 3 million are evacuated due to flooding in Punjab province caused by torrential rains swelling the Indus river and its tributaries^[2], a thousand more are also killed in the Kashmir region.^[3]
• 28 September - Pakistan Airline's AP-BCP crashes near Kathmandu airport, Nepal - killing all 167 aboard.^[4]

Sports

Cricket

• 25 March - Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs in Melbourne in the finals of the Cricket World Cup.^[5]

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