1967 in Pakistan
Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
March
- 17 March - For the first time, the birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was celebrated by his party Awami League publicly in East Pakistan.
April
- 26 April - For the first time, the cabinet meets in the new capital, Islamabad.
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.
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.
August
- 24 August - The country's first steel mill, designed to produce 150,000 tons of steel annually, is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan.
November
- 6 November
- * Pakistan is elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
- * Cable Industries of Pakistan in Khulna is incorporated for the manufacturing of plastic-insulated telecom cables.
- 23 November - Mangla Dam, built for irrigation and power generation, is inaugurated.
- 30 November - The Pakistan People's Party is founded in Lahore, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is chosen as its chairman.
December
- 1 December - Modhumita cinema hall opens in Dacca, screening the 1963 Hollywood epic Cleopatra.
- December - The National Awami Party splinters into two groups, the pro-China National Awami Party (Bhashani) and the pro-Moscow National Awami Party (Wali).
Births
January
- 12 January - Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician
April
- 1 April - Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider
September
- 6 September - Nasir Wasti, cricketer
October
- 3 October - Najeebullah Khan Niazi, politician
- 4 October - Aamer Hanif, cricketer
- 15 October - Waqar Ahmad Khan, politician
December
- 12 December - Qazi Ashfaq, footballer
Deaths
January
- 20 January - Madar Bux, politician
April
- 6 April - Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard
May
- 29 May - Golam Moula, physician and politician
June
- 23 June - Raushan Yazdani, folklorist
July
- 9 July - Fatima Jinnah, politician
September
- 2 September - Ayet Ali Khan, musician
November
- 14 November - Syed Ziaul Ahsan, politician
- 21 November - Abdul Waseque, politician