1960 in Pakistan

none August 2020 1960 Events from the year 1960 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government President: Ayub Khan Chief Justice: until 2 May: Muhammad Munir 3–12 May: Muhammad Shahabuddin starting 13 May: A.R. Cornelius Events January 10 January – Warsak irrigation tunnel, excavation of which began in July 1957, is inaugurated.Another Phase of Warsak Project Completed https://books.google.com/books?id=h1E8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP99 Pakistan Affairs Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. 18 February 1960 XIII 3 3 27 January – Construction begins of the Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dacca, East Pakistan.Baitul Mukarram Mosque https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Baitul_Mukarram_Mosque Banglapedia en February 14 February – Chief Martial Law Administrator Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan is confirmed as president through a limited referendum that he held to legitimize his rule. The 80,000 "basic democrats", village councilmen who had been elected locally, were called upon to vote "yes" or "no" on Ayub's continuance in office, and about 94% of them voted in the affirmative.Kennedy Charles H. Dossani Rafiq Rowen Henry S. Henry Stanislaus Rowen Constitutional and Political Change in Pakistan: The Military-Governance Pardigm Prospects for Peace in South Asia https://books.google.com/books?id=TwO9zmj6aQ0C&pg=PA55 2005 Stanford University Press 55 0-8047-5084-X 24 February – The cabinet decides on the name Islamabad for the new capital city to be built on the site of the villages of Saidpur and Nurpur.Mahsud Ahmed Zaib K. Swenarton Mark Troiani Igea Webster Helena Representing the State: Symbolism and ideology in Doxiadis' plan for Islamabad The Politics of Making https://books.google.com/books?id=LTi99s2Yto4C 22 February 2024 Routledge 2013 First published 2007 978-0-415-43101-9 63 enTalbot Ian Pakistan: A Modern History 1998 St. Martin's Press New York 0-312-21606-8 164 https://archive.org/details/pakistanmodernhi00talb/page/164/mode/1up registration March 1 March – PAF Shaheen School is established in Dacca by the Pakistan Air Force.Shaheen Schools & Colleges http://www.baf.mil.bd/baf_shaheencollege/baf_shaheencollege.html Bangladesh Air Force https://web.archive.org/web/20160223132843/http://www.baf.mil.bd/baf_shaheencollege/baf_shaheencollege.html 23 February 2016 May 1 May – The U-2 Incident begins when an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, is shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces. The clandestine flight had taken off from the U.S. base at Badaber near Peshawar, Pakistan.Ahmed Ishtiaq Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist) Pakistan, the garrison state: origins, evolution, consequences; 1947 - 2011 2013 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-906636-0 125 5 May – The first generator of the Warsak hydroelectric power station is commissioned, producing 40,000 KW.Warsak Generator Swtiched On https://books.google.com/books?id=h1E8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP126 Pakistan Affairs Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. 6 June 1960 XIII 9 e 6 May – Dacca Residential Model School is inaugurated.About Us http://www.drmc.edu.bd/Pages/Content.aspx?pageid=1 Dhaka Residential Model College July 15 July – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, prime minister from 1956 to 1957, is found guilty by an Elective Bodies Disqualification Order tribunal of corruption, favoritism, and maladministration, and barred from political life for 6 years.Arrest of Mr. Suhrawardy and Former Awami League Leaders Keesing's Contemporary Archives 13 1962 18645 31 July – The foundation stone of the Mazar-e-Quaid is laid in Karachi.Work On Quaid-i-Asam's Mausoleum Starts https://books.google.com/books?id=h1E8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP141 Pakistan Affairs Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. 14 August 1960 XIII 13 e August 1 August 1960 – No. 8 Squadron PAF is formed at PAF Station Mauripur, equipped with Martin B-57 Canberra bombers.Hussain Syed Shabbir Qureshi M. Tariq History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982 1982 Pakistan Air Force 0-19-648045-0 50 September 5 September – The inaugural issue of Bengali-language daily newspaper Dainik Azadi is published in Chittagong.Azadi, The http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Azadi,_The Banglapedia 9 September – Pakistan defeats India 1–0 in field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, winning the gold medal.The XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960 2 https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/21636/download Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad 459–460 19 September – Pakistan and India sign the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank.Ahmad Azhar Indus Waters Treaty A Dispassionate Analysis Policy Perspectives 2011 8 2 75 42909289 28 September – Foreign Minister Manzur Qadir alleges that Afghan irregulars crossed the border into the Bajaur District, initiating the Bajaur Campaign.Jun 1961 - "Pakhtoonistan" Dispute. - Military Operations in Frontier Areas. - Pakistani Allegations of Afghan Incursions. https://web.stanford.edu/group/tomzgroup/pmwiki/uploads/1303-1961-06-KS-AJG.pdf Keesing's Contemporary Archives 7 June 1961 18172 October 1 October – National Prize Bonds are introduced in the denomination of Rs. 10 each. They bear no interest, but are eligible for a prize of up to Rs. 20,000 in quarterly drawings starting six months after sale.National Prize Bonds Will Be Issued From October 1st https://books.google.com/books?id=h1E8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP144 Pakistan Affairs Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. 14 August 1960 XIII 13 5 10 October – A severe cyclone hits Noakhali and Chittagong districts of East Pakistan, killing more than 5,000 people.Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology Middle East Journal Winter 1961 15 1 59 4323316 31 October – A cyclone more powerful than that which hit on 10 October sweeps across East Pakistan, killing 14,174 people.Chronology September 1st to November 30th Pakistan Horizon Fourth Quarter 1960 13 4 362 41394561Chronology of Important Events During Six Years of the Revolutionary Government in Pakistan, October 1958-June 1964 1965 Pakistan Publications 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=kkRZ9aqogQ0C 21661424 December 5 December – A four-day conference on cholera begins in Dacca, during which the Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory is inaugurated.Van Heyningen W. E. Seal John R. Cholera: The American Scientific Experience, 1947-1980 1983 Westview Press 106 0-86531-400-4 Births January 1 January Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin, general (d. 2019) Shakil Auj, Islamic scholar (d. 2014)Dr Muhammad Shakeel Auj: Islamic scholar murdered in Pakistan due to his liberal views https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/dr-muhammad-shakeel-auj-islamic-scholar-murdered-by-hardliners-in-pakistan-for-his-liberal-views-9754145.html The Independent 24 September 2014 Khalid Mahmood Mithu, Bangladeshi film director and painter (d. 2016)National award winner Khalid Mahmud Mithu is no more https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/bangladesh-others/122502/national-award-winner-khalid-mahmud-mithu-is-no Dhaka Tribune 7 March 2016 March 15 March – Shahidul Islam, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (d. 2023)bn:মুফতি শহিদুল ইসলামের জানাজা পড়ালেন বায়তুল মুকাদ্দাসের ইমাম Mufti Shahidul Islam's funeral was conducted by the imam of Baitul Muqaddas https://www.dainikamadershomoy.com/details/421359 Dainik Amader Shomoy 27 January 2023 bn April 2 April – Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Bangladeshi diplomat (d. 2017)Mijarul Quayes's body brought to Dhaka https://www.newagebd.net/article/11598/index.php New Age 20 March 2017 en September 21 September – Sikandar Sanam, comedian and actor (d. 2012)Fourth death anniversary of Sikandar Sanam being observed https://arynews.tv/fourth-death-anniversary-of-sikandar-sanam-being-observed/ ARY News 5 November 2016 28 September – Sheikh Anne Rahman, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2022)bn:সংসদ সদস্য শেখ এ্যানী রহমান আর নেই Member of Parliament Sheikh Annie Rahman is no more https://www.jagonews24.com/national/news/801224 Jago News 24 11 October 2022 bn October 12 October – Happy Akhand, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (d. 1987)Alom Zahangir Happy Akhand's romance with music https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-206095 The Daily Star 12 October 2011 28 October – Aamer Wasim, cricketer (d. 2018)Aamer Wasim https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8277/8277.html CricketArchive https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005342/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8277/8277.html 2018-09-27 December 28 December – Sajid Qureshi, politician (d. 2013)Member Profile: Mr. Muhammad Sajid Qureshi http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/452 Provincial Assembly of Sindh 23 February 2024 23 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240223190743/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/452 dead Deaths May 12 May – Aly Khan, socialite and diplomat (b. 1911)Aly Khan Is Killed In Crash in France https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/13/archives/aly-khan-is-killed-in-crash-in-france-aly-khan-killed-in-an-auto.html The New York Times 13 May 1960 1, 16 September 25 September – I. I. Chundrigar, prime minister (b. 1897)Ismail Chundrigar Dies at 63; Ex-Pakistani Prime Minister The New York Times 27 September 1960 37 See also List of Pakistani films of 1960 References 1960 Pakistan Pakistan Category:1960s in Pakistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Pakistan Category:Long stubs with short prose