1964 in Pakistan

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Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

• President: Ayub Khan
• Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius

Events

January

• 2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months. ^{[1] [2]}
• 6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested. ^{[3] [4]}

Karachi–Shanghai flights were made by PIA Boeing 720Bs like this one at London Heathrow.

April

• 11 April – A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people. ^[5]
• 29 April – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China. ^{[6] [7]}

June

• 1 June – Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi. ^{[8] [9]}

Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed on Regional Cooperation for Development.

July

• 22 July – The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD). ^[10]

August

• 29 August – President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club. ^[11]

September

• 25 September – The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association. ^[3]

Pakistan won the silver medal in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

October

• 23 October
  • Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal. ^[12]
  • Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes. ^[13]

November

• 26 November – The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by Nippon Electric Company. ^[14]

Births

February

• 7 February – Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021) ^[15]
• 10 February – Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998) ^[16]

March

• 15 March – Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023) ^[17]
• 20 March – Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015) ^[18]

April

• 14 April – Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008) ^[19]

May

• 11 May – Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990) ^{[20] [21]}

August

• 4 August – Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020) ^[22]
• 14 August – Hussain Shah Syed, boxer ^[23]

October

• 18 October – Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975) ^[24]

November

• 6 November – Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013) ^[25]

December

• 24 December – Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeper ^[26]

Deaths

April

• 10 April – Shamsunnahar Mahmud, politician (b. 1908) ^[27]

October

• 2 October – Nur Ahmed, politician (b. 1890) ^[28]
• 3 October – Harendra Kumar Sur, politician (b. 1893) ^[29]
• 5 October – Birat Chandra Mandal, politician (b. 1893/1894) ^[29]
• 13 October – Golam Mostofa, Bengali poet and writer (b. 1897) ^[30]
• 22 October – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1894) ^[31]

December

• 23 December – Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, educator (b. 1889/1890) ^{[32] [33]}

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1964

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