1966 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ayub Khan
• Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius

Events

January

• 10 January – Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

February

• 5 February – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.
• 11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.

March

• 23 March - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally announces the Six Point Program.

May

• 4 May – SS Al-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.

November

• 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.

December

• 31 December – After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Births

January

• 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)

March

• 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)

May

• 25 May – Tina Khan, Bangladeshi actress (d. 1989)

June

• 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer
• 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)

September

• 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer

Deaths

January

• 8 January – A. T. M. Mustafa, lawyer (b. 1925)

April

• 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)

October

• 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)

November

• 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)

December

• December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1966

References