1967 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.

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See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Events

By 1967, infrastructure such as Rawal Dam was in place, but much of Islamabad was still under construction.

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

• 26 April – For the first time, the cabinet meets in the new capital, Islamabad.^[2]

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]

When opening the Chittagong Steel Mill, Ayub Khan promised further investment in East Pakistan to reduce its economic disparity with West Pakistan.

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]

Modhumita cinema hall featured Operation Sundarbans in 2022.

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

• 20 January – Madar Bux, politician (b. 1907)^[21]

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

• 21 November – Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)^[27]

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1967