1974 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1974 in Pakistan.

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Pakistan → 1975 1976 1977
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
• Prime Minister: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
• Chief Justice: Hamoodur Rahman

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan: Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti (until 2 January); Ahmad Yar Khan (starting 2 January)
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Aslam Khattak (until 24 May); Syed Ghawas (starting 24 May)
• Governor of Punjab: Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
• Governor of Sindh: Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan

Events

• In 1974, the students of Nishtar Medical College had an altercation with the Ahmadis in the Rabwah Railway Station. This event turned into a massive and violent anti-Ahmadiyya movement resulting in many casualties among Ahmadis and destruction of Ahmadiyya property.^[1]
• Three years after the secession of East Pakistan, Pakistan recognised Bangladesh.^[2]

See also

• 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya Movement
• List of Pakistani films of 1974