Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months.
- 6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.
April
- 11 April – A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people.
- 29 April – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China.
June
- 1 June – Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi.
July
August
September
- 25 September – The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association.
October
November
- 26 November – The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by NEC.
Births
February
March
April
- 14 April – Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008)
May
August
October
November
December
Deaths
April
October
December
See also
References