1967 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
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.[1]
April
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.[3]
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.[4][5]
August
- 24 August – The country's first steel mill, designed to produce 150,000 tons of steel annually, is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan.[6][7]
November
- 6 November
- Pakistan is elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term.[8]
- Cable Industries of Pakistan in Khulna is incorporated for the manufacturing of plastic-insulated telecom cables.[9][10]
- 23 November – Mangla Dam, built for irrigation and power generation, is inaugurated.[11]
- 30 November – The Pakistan People's Party is founded in Lahore, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is chosen as its chairman.[12]
December
- 1 December – Modhumita cinema hall opens in Dacca, screening the 1963 Hollywood epic Cleopatra.[13]
- December – The National Awami Party splinters into two groups, the pro-China National Awami Party (Bhashani) and the pro-Moscow National Awami Party (Wali).[14]
Births
January
- 12 January – Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (d. 2019)[15]
April
- 1 April – Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (d. 1999)[16]
September
- 6 September – Nasir Wasti, cricketer (d. 2006)[17]
October
- 3 October – Najeebullah Khan Niazi, politician (d. 2014)[18]
- 4 October – Aamer Hanif, cricketer[19]
- 15 October – Waqar Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2022)[20]
December
- 12 December – Qazi Ashfaq, footballer (d. 2001)
Deaths
January
April
- 6 April – Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard (b. 1877)[22]
May
- 29 May – Golam Moula, physician and politician (b. 1920)[23]
June
- 23 June – Raushan Yazdani, folklorist (b. 1917)[24]
July
- 9 July – Fatima Jinnah, politician (b. 1893)[25]
September
- 2 September – Ayet Ali Khan, musician (b. 1884)[26]
November
- 14 November – Syed Ziaul Ahsan, politician (b. 1917)[27]
- 21 November – Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)[28]
December
- 28 December – Syed Abdus Salim, politician (b. 1905)[29]
