1977 in Pakistan

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* 1976
* 1975
* 1974
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Pakistan |

* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
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* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s

See also:|

* History of Pakistan
* List of years in Pakistan
* Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year 1977 in Pakistan.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
* Prime Minister: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (until 5 July)
* Chief Justice: Muhammad Yaqub Ali (until 22 September), Sheikh Anwarul Haq

### Governors

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* Governor of Balochistan: Ahmad Yar Khan (until 5 July); Khuda Bakhsh Marri (starting 5 July)
* Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Naseerullah Babar (until 6 July); Abdul Hakeem Khan (starting 6 July)
* Governor of Punjab: Mohammad Abbas Abbasi (until 5 July); Sawar Khan (starting 5 July)
* Governor of Sindh: Muhammad Dilawar Khanji (until 6 July); Abdul Kadir Shaikh (starting 6 July)

## Events

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* 10 January – Nine opposition parties form joint election forum, Pakistan National Alliance (PNA).
* 7 March – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's political party Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) wins elections. PPP wins 155, PNA 35 seats out of 200. Soon afterwards riots erupt over allegations of vote-rigging by the PPP.[1]
* 1 July – Friday is announced weekly holiday, replacing Sunday.
* 5 July – Pakistan's army led by General Zia ul-Haq stages a military coup and seizes power. Martial law is enforced and the Constitution suspended.[2]
* 14 August – Pakistan celebrates 30 years of independence.
* 17 September – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is arrested under martial law orders.
* 2 October – General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition; political activities are banned.

## Sports

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### Cricket

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* 4 March – Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port of Spain.
* 18 February – Test cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown.
* 18 January – Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in a match for Pakistan win at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

## Births

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* 1 March – Shahid Afridi, cricketer
* 5 June – Sayyed Aamir Ali, educationist, writer and columnist
* 4 December – Shahid Nazir, cricketer

## See also

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* List of Pakistani films of 1977

## References

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1. ^ Timeline: Pakistan - Al Jazeera
2. ^ "Zia-ul-Haq". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-10.

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1977 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
*   *   * Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
*   * Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
*   * China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
*   * India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
*   *   * North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
*   * Laos
* Lebanon
*   * Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   * Pakistan
*   *   *   * Philippines
* Qatar
*   * Saudi Arabia
*   *   * Singapore
* Soviet Union
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
*   * Thailand
*   *   * Turkey
*   * United Arab Emirates
*   * 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

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   * Brunei
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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