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* List of years in Pakistan
* Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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

## Events

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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]
* 4 October - Aamer Hanif, cricketer[19]
* 15 October - Waqar Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2022)[20]

### December

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* 12 December - Qazi Ashfaq, footballer (d. 2001)

## Deaths

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### January

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* 20 January - Madar Bux, politician (b. 1907)[21]

### April

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* 6 April - Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard (b. 1877)[22]

### May

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* 29 May - Golam Moula, physician and politician (b. 1920)[23]

### June

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* 23 June - Raushan Yazdani, folklorist (b. 1917)[24]

### July

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* 9 July - Fatima Jinnah, politician (b. 1893)[25]

### September

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* 2 September - Ayet Ali Khan, musician (b. 1884)[26]

### November

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* 21 November - Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)[27]

## See also

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* List of Pakistani films of 1967

## References

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

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* Ceylon
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* Egypt
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*   * Sikkim
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* Soviet Union
*   * Syria
*   * Thailand
*   *   * Turkey
*   *   *   *   * North Vietnam
* South Vietnam
*   * North Yemen
* South Yemen

States with limited
recognition

*   * Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   * Palestine
*   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

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*   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   * Brunei
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