1964 in Pakistan
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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.[1][2]
- 6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.[3][4]
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.[5]
- 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.[6][7]
June
July
- 22 July – The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).[10]
August
- 29 August – President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club.[11]
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.[3]
October
- 23 October
- Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal.[12]
- Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes.[13]
November
Births
February
- 7 February – Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021)[15]
- 10 February – Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998)[16]
March
- 15 March – Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023)[17]
- 20 March – Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015)[18]
April
May
- 11 May – Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990)[20][21]
August
- 4 August – Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020)[22]
- 14 August – Hussain Shah Syed, boxer[23]
October
- 18 October – Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975)[24]
November
- 6 November – Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)[25]
December
- 24 December – Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeper[26]