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

References

1. "A mighty man's humble birthday". The Daily Star. 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
2. "Ayub and His Cabinet Hold First Session in Islamabad". The New York Times. Reuters. 27 April 1967. p. 6.
3. Feldman, Herbert (1972). From crisis to crisis: Pakistan 1962-1969. Oxford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-19-215192-4.
4. Mian, Md. Nazrul Islam (2003). "Language Based Nationalism and Birth of Bangladesh". The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies. 26: 219.
5. Batabyal, Guru Saday (2021). Politico-military strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-367-32268-7.
6. "Pakistan: President Ayub Khan Opens Country's First Steel Mill". Reuters. 1 September 1967 – via British Pathé. Click "Read more".
7. "70 years on: Looking back at key economic events in Pakistan's history". Dawn. 16 August 2017.
8. "Chronology September-November 1967". Pakistan Horizon. 20 (4): 418. Fourth Quarter 1967. JSTOR 41393836.
9. Independent Auditor's Report & Audited Financial Statements of Bangladesh Cable Shilpa Limited for the year ended 30 June 2021 (PDF) (Report). Bangladesh Cable Shilpa Limited. p. 8.
10. Appraisal of the Second Telecommunications Project Pakistan (Report). International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 30 April 1970. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
11. "Pakistani Leader Opens Giant Dam". The New York Times. 24 November 1967. p. 23.
12. Ziring, Lawrence (1980). Pakistan: the enigma of political development. Dawson. p. 117. ISBN 0-7129-0954-0.
13. "Mohammad Sirajuddin's 44th death anniversary today". The Daily Observer. 8 January 2020.
14. Rashiduzzaman, M. (Autumn 1970). "The National Awami Party of Pakistan: Leftist Politics in Crisis". Pacific Affairs. 43 (3): 394. JSTOR 2754219.
15. "Detail Information". Pildat. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12.
16. "Kargil war hero Lalak Jan being remembered". Samaa TV. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-07-21.
17. "Nasir Wasti Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
18. "Profile: Mr. Najeeb Ullah Khan Niazi". Punjab Assembly.
19. "Aamer Hanif Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
20. "Waqar Ahmad Khan". KP Assembly.
21. "Baksh, Madar". Banglapedia.
22. "Kobial Ramesh Shil's poetry kindled fire of rebellion". Business Standard. 12 February 2022.
23. "Golam Mowla, the Language Movement's forgotten hero". Dhaka Tribune. 19 February 2019.
24. "Yazdani, Mohammad Raushan". Banglapedia.
25. Bokhari, Afshan (2008). Bonnie G. Smith (ed.). The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-19-514890-9.
26. Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal (1992). Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). Tribhuj Prakashani. p. 54. OCLC 28114771.
27. Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1967. p. 77.