1967 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Ayub Khan

• Chief Justice

A.R. Cornelius

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.^[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]}

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]

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

Notes and References

1. News: A mighty man’s humble birthday. 17 March 2023. 14 June 2024. The Daily Star. 13 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240613200305/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/mighty-mans-humble-birthday-3273091. live.
2. News: Ayub and His Cabinet Hold First Session in Islamabad . The New York Times . Reuters . 27 April 1967 . 6.
3. Book: Feldman . Herbert . From crisis to crisis: Pakistan 1962-1969 . 1972 . Oxford University Press . 0-19-215192-4 . 321.
4. Mian . Md. Nazrul Islam . Language Based Nationalism and Birth of Bangladesh . The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies . 26 . 2003 . 219.
5. Book: Batabyal . Guru Saday . Politico-military strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 . 2021 . Routledge . 978-0-367-32268-7 . 12.
6. News: Pakistan: President Ayub Khan Opens Country's First Steel Mill . Reuters . 1 September 1967 . British Pathé. Click "Read more".
7. News: 70 years on: Looking back at key economic events in Pakistan's history . Dawn . 16 August 2017.
8. Chronology September-November 1967 . Pakistan Horizon . Fourth Quarter 1967 . 20 . 4 . 418 . 41393836.
9. Independent Auditor's Report & Audited Financial Statements of Bangladesh Cable Shilpa Limited for the year ended 30 June 2021 . Bangladesh Cable Shilpa Limited . 8.
10. 30 April 1970 . Appraisal of the Second Telecommunications Project Pakistan . International Bank for Reconstruction and Development . 7 February 2024.
11. News: Pakistani Leader Opens Giant Dam . The New York Times . 24 November 1967 . 23.
12. Book: Ziring . Lawrence . Pakistan: the enigma of political development . 1980 . Dawson . 0-7129-0954-0 . 117.
13. News: Mohammad Sirajuddin's 44th death anniversary today . The Daily Observer . 8 January 2020.
14. Rashiduzzaman . M. . The National Awami Party of Pakistan: Leftist Politics in Crisis . Pacific Affairs . Autumn 1970 . 43 . 3 . 394 . 2754219.
15. Web site: Detail Information . Pildat . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912235436/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=201 . 2017-09-12.
16. News: Kargil war hero Lalak Jan being remembered . Samaa TV . 7 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721145914/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2017/07/kargil-war-hero-lalak-jan-being-remembered/ . 2019-07-21.
17. Web site: Nasir Wasti Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan . ESPNcricinfo . en.
18. Web site: Profile: Mr. Najeeb Ullah Khan Niazi . Punjab Assembly.
19. Web site: Aamer Hanif Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan . ESPNcricinfo . en.
20. Web site: Waqar Ahmad Khan . KP Assembly.
21. Web site: Baksh, Madar . Banglapedia.
22. News: Kobial Ramesh Shil's poetry kindled fire of rebellion . Business Standard . 12 February 2022.
23. News: Golam Mowla, the Language Movement's forgotten hero . Dhaka Tribune . 19 February 2019.
24. Web site: Yazdani, Mohammad Raushan . Banglapedia.
25. Book: Bokhari, Afshan . Bonnie G. Smith . The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history . 2008 . Oxford University Press . 2 . 653 . 978-0-19-514890-9 . registration .
26. Book: Shamsuzzaman, Abdul Fazal . 1992 . Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991) . Tribhuj Prakashani . 54 . 28114771.
27. Book: Debates: Official Report . 1967 . Manager of Publications . 77.