1964 in Pakistan

none 1964 Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan. Incumbents President: Ayub Khan Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius Events January 2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months.Ghosh Papiya Papiya Ghosh Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Extending the Subcontinent 2014 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-80966-1 16Ispahani Farahnaz Farahnaz Ispahani Purifying the land of the pure: a history of Pakistan's religious minorities 2017 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-062165-0 64–65 6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.Braibanti Ralph Ralph Braibanti Pakistan: Constitutional Issues in 1964 Asian Survey 1 February 1965 5 2 85–86 10.2307/2642484 2642484Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964 Middle East Journal Spring 1964 18 2 227 4323704 thumb|Karachi–Shanghai flights were made by PIA Boeing 720Bs like this one at London Heathrow. April 11 April – A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people.Grazulis T. P. Thomas P. Grazulis The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm 2001 University of Oklahoma Press 978-0-8061-3258-7 258 29 April – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China.P.I.A. Opens China Service https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/30/archives/pia-opens-china-service.html The New York Times 30 April 1964History https://www.piac.com.pk/corporate/about-us/history Pakistan International Airlines June 1 June – Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi.Hiranandani G. M. Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975 https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC 2000 Lancer Publishers 978-1-897829-72-1 108Goldrick James James Goldrick No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=6XW7kKHQeQoC&q=ghazi&pg=PA83 1997 Lancer Publishers 978-1-897829-02-8 30 thumb|Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed on Regional Cooperation for Development. July 22 July – The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).Yeşilbursa Behçet Kemal The Formation of RCD: Regional Cooperation for Development Middle Eastern Studies July 2009 45 4 642 10.1080/00263200903009759 August 29 August – President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club.President Ayub Opens Chittagong Press Club Progress of the Month 1964 17 9712521 September 25 September – The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association. thumb|Pakistan won the silver medal in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. October 23 October Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal.The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964 2 https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/26934 Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad 413–414 Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes.History & Activities http://www.etl.gov.bd/site/page/ecdefdef-855f-4dd2-afaf-19527c0ee211/- Eastern Tubes Limited November 26 November – The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by NEC.French David Richards Michael Television in contemporary Asia 2000 Sage 978-0-7619-9469-5 349 Births February 7 February – Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021)Nadir Shah Profile - Cricket Player Bangladesh https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/nadir-shah-56060 ESPNcricinfo 10 February – Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998)Eldridge Thomas R. Ginsburg Susan Hempel Walter T. II Kephart Janice L. Moore Kelly 9/11 and Terrorist Travel https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-Y3-PURL-LPS53197/pdf/GOVPUB-Y3-PURL-LPS53197.pdf 2004 Government Publishing Office 215–216 March 15 March – Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023)Khan Kiran MQM-P's Kunwar Naveed Jamil dies after protracted illness https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1101162-mqm-ps-kunwar-naveed-jamil-dies-after-protracted-illness The News International 17 August 2023 en 20 March – Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015)Folk singer Sadiq Fakeer dies in KSA road accident https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Feb-2015/folk-singer-sadiq-fakeer-dies-in-ksa-road-accident The Nation 28 February 2015 April 14 April – Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008)Shazu Shah Alam Silver screen heroes who left shining legacies behind https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/silver-screen-heroes-who-left-shining-legacies-behind-1901518 The Daily Star 11 May 2020 May 11 May – Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990)Haseeb-ul-Hasan https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&player_id=10927 Pakistan Cricket Board 2024-02-16http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228713.html Obituaries in 1990 ESPNcricinfo https://web.archive.org/web/20120922122947/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228713.html 2012-09-22 August 4 August – Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020)Member Profile: Mr. Ghulam Murtaza Baloch http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/32/692 Provincial Assembly of Sindh 2024-02-17 2024-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20240217175531/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/32/692 dead 14 August – Hussain Shah Syed, boxerHussain Shah - The boxing icon who won Olympic medal for Pakistan in 1988 https://dailytimes.com.pk/120097/hussain-shah-the-boxing-icon-who-won-olympic-medal-for-pakistan-in-1988/ Daily Times 20 August 2017 October 18 October – Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975)Sheikh Russel's 52nd birthday today https://www.thedailystar.net/city/sheikh-russels-52nd-birthday-today-1300402 The Daily Star Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha 18 October 2016 en November 6 November – Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)AL MP Dipu laid to rest http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=378238$date=2013-12-21&dateCurrent=2013-12-25 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha 21 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20180219091200/http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=378238$date=2013-12-21&dateCurrent=2013-12-25 2018-02-19 December 24 December – Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeperShahid Ali Khan http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/shahid-ali-khan-1.html Sports Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20161203103615/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/shahid-ali-khan-1.html 2016-12-03 Deaths April 10 April – Shamsunnahar Mahmud, politician (b. 1908)Mahmud, Shamsunnahar http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mahmud,_Shamsunnahar Banglapedia October 2 October – Nur Ahmed, politician (b. 1890)Ahmad, Nur https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Ahmad,_Nur Banglapedia en 3 October – Harendra Kumar Sur, politician (b. 1893)The death occurred of https://books.google.com/books?id=DLXFScQ__q0C&q=Birat+Chandra+Mandal Calcutta Municipal Gazette 1964 81 5 October – Birat Chandra Mandal, politician (b. 1893/1894) 13 October – Golam Mostofa, Bengali poet and writer (b. 1897)Poet Golam Mustafa's ancestral house in ruins: 50th death anniversary observed https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/country/poet-golam-mustafas-ancestral-house-in-ruins-50th-death-anniversary-observed?date=14-10-2014 The Financial Express Dhaka 14 October 2014 22 October – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1894)Nazimuddin, Khwaja http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nazimuddin,_Khwaja Banglapedia November 15 November – Abdul Latif Biswas, politician (b. 1897)https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19641116-01.1.1&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN-Latif+Hussain--------- Latif Biswas Dead 1, 8 16 November 1964 The Pakistan Observer December 23 December – Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, educator (b. 1889/1890)24 December 1964 Principal Abdur Rahman passes away https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19641224-01&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN---------- The Pakistan Observer 1, 8Khan, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman2 https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Khan,_Khan_Bahadur_Abdur_Rahman2 Banglapedia See also List of Pakistani films of 1964 References 1964 Pakistan Pakistan Category:1960s in Pakistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Pakistan Category:Long stubs with short prose