1956 in Pakistan
Events from the year 1956 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Pakistan
- Governor-General: Iskander Mirza
- President: Iskander Mirza
- List of [Prime Ministers of Pakistan|Prime Minister]: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Chief Justice: Muhammad Munir
Events
- January 19, 1956 [West Pakistan Interim Assembly election]
- March 5, 1956 Pakistani presidential election
- March 23, Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. Pakistan also becomes a Commonwealth republic
- March 23, Iskander Mirza becomes the first President of Pakistan.
- April 23, Pakistan [Republican Party] established.
- September 12, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- December 10, 1956 [East Pakistan provincial by-election].