By 1967, infrastructure such as Rawal Dam was in place, but much of Islamabad was still under construction.
March
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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
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26 April – For the first time, the cabinet meets in the new capital, Islamabad.[2]
May
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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
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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]
When opening the Chittagong Steel Mill, Ayub Khan promised further investment in East Pakistan to reduce its economic disparity with West Pakistan.
August
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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
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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]
Modhumita cinema hall featured Operation Sundarbans in 2022.
December
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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
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January
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12 January – Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (d. 2019)[15]
April
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1 April – Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (d. 1999)[16]
September
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6 September – Nasir Wasti, cricketer (d. 2006)[17]
October
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3 October – Najeebullah Khan Niazi, politician (d. 2014)[18]