1972 in Pakistan

none February 2024 1972 Events from the year 1972 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government President: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Chief Justice: Hamoodur Rahman Governors 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 January January 8 – Government of Pakistan under Bhutto administration releases Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the house arrest. January 20 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately developed its own nuclear deterrence to prevent further intervention from India. January 25–30 - 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). June June 6 – Karachi labour unrest of 1972 July July 2 – India and Pakistan sign the Simla AccordAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS (SIMLA AGREEMENT) https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/5541/Simla+Agreement 22 February 2024 Ministry of External Affairs - Government of IndiaRay Jayanta Kumar Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World 2007 Pearson Education India 978-81-317-0834-7 110 https://books.google.com/books?id=Nyk6oA2nOlgC 22 February 2024 en 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. July 7 – Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972Ahmad Imtiaz Ethnic Issues in the Press of Karachi: Spoilers of Harmony 17 November 2023 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 978-1-5275-3159-8 159 https://books.google.com/books?id=kVTlEAAAQBAJ 22 February 2024 en which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in 1972 Language violence in Sindh. August August 14 – Pakistan celebrates 25 years as an independent country without East Pakistan, Martial law ends.Bhutto Says Martial Law Ends Aug. 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=6JscAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 22 February 2024 Sarasota Herald-Tribune 7 March 1972 en Births 26 April – Sana Nawaz, actress 5 August – Aaqib Javed, cricketer and coach 3 October – Aijaz Aslam, actor Deaths 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 List of Pakistani films of 1972 References 1972 Pakistan Pakistan Category:1970s in Pakistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Pakistan