1972 in Pakistan

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Events from the year 1972 in Pakistan.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
* Chief Justice: Hamoodur Rahman

### Governors

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* Governor of Balochistan:
* until 11 April: Ghous Bakhsh Raisani
* 11 April-19 April: Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
* 19 April-30 April: Ghous Bakhsh Raisani
* starting 30 April: Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
* Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Hayat Sherpao (until 29 April); Arbab Sikandar Khan (starting 30 April)
* Governor of Punjab: Ghulam Mustafa Khar
* Governor of Sindh: Mumtaz Bhutto (until 20 April); Mir Rasool Bux Talpur (starting 29 April)

## Events

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* Karachi labour unrest of 1972

### January

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* 20 January -President (later Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons programme.

* Pakistan temporarily withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations in protest at the international recognition of Bangladesh as an independent Commonwealth republic (Pakistan returns to the Commonwealth in 1989).

### July

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* 2 July – India and Pakistan sign the Simla Accord[1][2] in Simla, India, following the surrender of the Pakistan military to Indian forces in 1971 and the subsequent emergence of former East Pakistan as the independent country of Bangladesh.

* 7 July – Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972[3] which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in 1972 Language violence in Sindh.

### August

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* 14 August – Pakistan celebrates 25 years as an independent country.[4]

## Births

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* 26 April – Sana Nawaz, actress
* 22 May – Zabir Saeed, journalist and editor
* 5 August – Aaqib Javed, cricketer and coach
* 3 October – Aijaz Aslam, actor

## Deaths

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* 28 May – Aziz ul Haq, Chairman of the Young People's Front, a Marxist group
* 29 May – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor and director
* 1 October – Riaz Shahid, film writer and director

## See also

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* List of Pakistani films of 1972

## References

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1. ^ "AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS (SIMLA AGREEMENT)". Ministry of External Affairs - Government of India. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. ^ Ray, Jayanta Kumar (2007). Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World. Pearson Education India. p. 110\. ISBN 978-81-317-0834-7. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. ^ Ahmad, Imtiaz (17 November 2023). Ethnic Issues in the Press of Karachi: Spoilers of Harmony. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 159\. ISBN 978-1-5275-3159-8. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
4. ^ "Bhutto Says Martial Law Ends Aug. 14". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 7 March 1972. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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