A babban zaɓen shekarar 1990, ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ta dama, wato Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA) karkashin jagorancin Nawaz Sharif, ta sami isasshen goyon baya don kafa gwamnati.Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da kawancen masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ya karbi mulki karkashin tsarin dimokuradiyya a Pakistan.Gwamnatin Sharif ta mayar da hankali ne kan magance tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin kasar ta hanyar aiwatar da manufofin mayar da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da walwalar tattalin arziki.Bugu da ƙari, gwamnatinsa ta ci gaba da aiwatar da manufar rashin fahimta game da shirye-shiryen bam ɗin nukiliya na Pakistan.A lokacin mulkinsa, Sharif ya shiga cikin Pakistan a yakin Gulf a shekarar 1991, ya kuma kaddamar da farmakin soji kan sojojin masu sassaucin ra'ayi a Karachi a shekarar 1992. Duk da haka, gwamnatinsa ta fuskanci kalubale na hukumomi, musamman ma shugaba Ghulam Khan.Khan ya yi yunkurin korar Sharif ne ta hanyar amfani da irin wannan tuhume-tuhumen da ya taba yi wa Benazir Bhutto.Da farko dai an hambarar da Sharif amma aka mayar da shi kan karagar mulki bayan hukuncin da kotun koli ta yanke.A wani yunkuri na siyasa, Sharif da Bhutto sun hada kai don tsige shugaba Khan daga mukaminsa.Duk da haka, wa’adin Sharif bai yi kadan ba, domin a karshe ya tilasta masa sauka daga mukaminsa saboda matsin lamba daga shugabannin sojoji.