1966 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
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.[1]
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.[3]
- 11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.[4]
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.[5]
November
- 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.[6]
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.[7][8]
Births
January
- 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)[9]
March
- 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)[10]
May
June
- 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer[12]
- 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)[13]
September
- 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer[14]
Deaths
January
- 8 January – A. T. M. Mustafa, lawyer (b. 1925)
April
- 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)[15]
October
- 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)[16]
November
- 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)[17]
December
- December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)[18]
