1954 in Pakistan

This is a list of notable events that took place in Pakistan in 1954.

Incumbents

Federal government

• Governor-General: Malik Ghulam Muhammad
• Prime Minister: Muhammad Ali Bogra
• Chief Justice: Abdul Rashid (until 29 June), Muhammad Munir (starting 29 June)

Governors

• Governor of Northwest Frontier: Khwaja Shahabuddin (until 17 November); Qurban Ali Shah (starting 17 November)
• Governor of West Punjab:
• until 24 June: Mian Aminuddin
• 24 June-26 November: Habib Rahimtoola
• starting 26 November: Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
• Governor of Sindh: Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (until 24 June); Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot (starting 24 June)

Events

April

• 2 April – Pakistan forms an alliance with Turkey which, although not including military cooperation, opens the way to the Middle-East alliance due to its allowance of the entry of other nations.

May

• 19 May – Pakistan and the United States sign a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement.

September

• 29 September – the Governor-General of Pakistan, Ghulam Mohammad declared a state of emergency, dissolved the Constituent Assembly and appointed a new Council of Ministers on the grounds that the existing one no longer represented the people of Pakistan.

Births

• 31 January - Imtiaz Dharker, poet and artist.
• 2 February - Moniza Alvi, writer and poet.
• 1 March - Tofail Ahmed, Bangladeshi public administration acacdemic (d. 2025)
• 18 October – Aamer Hameed, cricketer.

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1954

References