1967 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Events

March

• 17 March – For the first time, the birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was celebrated by his party Awami League publicly in East Pakistan.

April

• 26 April – For the first time, the cabinet meets in the new capital, Islamabad.

May

• 1 May – Five opposition parties: the National Democratic Front, Council Muslim League, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Awami League, and Nizam-e-Islam Party, form an alliance called the Pakistan Democratic Movement.

June

• 23 June – The government bans the broadcast on Radio Pakistan of Tagore Songs, angering the country's Bengali population, who consider the songs part of their cultural identity.

August

• 24 August – The country's first steel mill, designed to produce 150,000 tons of steel annually, is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan.

November

• 6 November
• Pakistan is elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
• Cable Industries of Pakistan in Khulna is incorporated for the manufacturing of plastic-insulated telecom cables.
• 23 November – Mangla Dam, built for irrigation and power generation, is inaugurated.
• 30 November – The Pakistan People's Party is founded in Lahore, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is chosen as its chairman.

December

• 1 December – Modhumita cinema hall opens in Dacca, screening the 1963 Hollywood epic Cleopatra.
• December – The National Awami Party splinters into two groups, the pro-China National Awami Party (Bhashani) and the pro-Moscow National Awami Party (Wali).

Births

January

• 12 January – Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (d. 2019)

April

• 1 April – Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (d. 1999)

September

• 6 September – Nasir Wasti, cricketer (d. 2006)

October

• 3 October – Najeebullah Khan Niazi, politician (d. 2014)
• 4 October – Aamer Hanif, cricketer
• 15 October – Waqar Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2022)

December

• 12 December – Qazi Ashfaq, footballer (d. 2001)

Deaths

January

• 20 January – Madar Bux, politician (b. 1907)

April

• 6 April – Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard (b. 1877)

May

• 29 May – Golam Moula, physician and politician (b. 1920)

June

• 23 June – Raushan Yazdani, folklorist (b. 1917)

July

• 9 July – Fatima Jinnah, politician (b. 1893)

September

• 2 September – Ayet Ali Khan, musician (b. 1884)

November

• 14 November – Syed Ziaul Ahsan, politician (b. 1917)
• 21 November – Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)

December

• 28 December – Syed Abdus Salim, politician (b. 1905)

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1967

References