1979 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
• Chief Justice: Sheikh Anwarul Haq

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan: Rahimuddin Khan
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Fazle Haq
• Governor of Punjab: Sawar Khan
• Governor of Sindh: S.M. Abbasi

Events

• 4 April – Deposed prime minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi.
• 21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4. (See: Foreign relations of Pakistan)
• 10 December – Abdus Salam wins the first Nobel Prize for the country.

Births

• 18 April – Tasqeen Qadeer, cricketer
• 30 June – Faisal Shahzad, bomber

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1979

References