Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.
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Incumbents
editFederal government
editEvents
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March
edit- 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
editMay
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editJanuary
edit- 12 January – Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (d. 2019)[15]
April
edit- 1 April – Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (d. 1999)[16]
September
edit- 6 September – Nasir Wasti, cricketer (d. 2006)[17]
October
edit- 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
edit- 12 December – Qazi Ashfaq, footballer (d. 2001)
Deaths
editJanuary
editApril
edit- 6 April – Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard (b. 1877)[22]
May
edit- 29 May – Golam Moula, physician and politician (b. 1920)[23]
June
edit- 23 June – Raushan Yazdani, folklorist (b. 1917)[24]
July
edit- 9 July – Fatima Jinnah, politician (b. 1893)[25]
September
edit- 2 September – Ayet Ali Khan, musician (b. 1884)[26]
November
edit- 21 November – Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)[27]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A mighty man's humble birthday". The Daily Star. 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Ayub and His Cabinet Hold First Session in Islamabad". The New York Times. Reuters. 27 April 1967. p. 6.
- ^ Feldman, Herbert (1972). From crisis to crisis: Pakistan 1962-1969. Oxford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-19-215192-4.
- ^ Mian, Md. Nazrul Islam (2003). "Language Based Nationalism and Birth of Bangladesh". The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies. 26: 219.
- ^ Batabyal, Guru Saday (2021). Politico-military strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971. Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-367-32268-7.
- ^ "Pakistan: President Ayub Khan Opens Country's First Steel Mill". Reuters. 1 September 1967 – via British Pathé. Click "Read more".
- ^ "70 years on: Looking back at key economic events in Pakistan's history". Dawn. 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Chronology September-November 1967". Pakistan Horizon. 20 (4): 418. Fourth Quarter 1967. JSTOR 41393836.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Appraisal of the Second Telecommunications Project Pakistan (Report). International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 30 April 1970. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Pakistani Leader Opens Giant Dam". The New York Times. 24 November 1967. p. 23.
- ^ Ziring, Lawrence (1980). Pakistan: the enigma of political development. Dawson. p. 117. ISBN 0-7129-0954-0.
- ^ "Mohammad Sirajuddin's 44th death anniversary today". The Daily Observer. 8 January 2020.
- ^ Rashiduzzaman, M. (Autumn 1970). "The National Awami Party of Pakistan: Leftist Politics in Crisis". Pacific Affairs. 43 (3): 394. JSTOR 2754219.
- ^ "Detail Information". Pildat. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12.
- ^ "Kargil war hero Lalak Jan being remembered". Samaa TV. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-07-21.
- ^ "Nasir Wasti Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Profile: Mr. Najeeb Ullah Khan Niazi". Punjab Assembly.
- ^ "Aamer Hanif Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Waqar Ahmad Khan". KP Assembly.
- ^ "Baksh, Madar". Banglapedia.
- ^ "Kobial Ramesh Shil's poetry kindled fire of rebellion". Business Standard. 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Golam Mowla, the Language Movement's forgotten hero". Dhaka Tribune. 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Yazdani, Mohammad Raushan". Banglapedia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal (1992). Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). Tribhuj Prakashani. p. 54. OCLC 28114771.
- ^ Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1967. p. 77.
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