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1966 in Pakistan

List of events

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See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.

• President: Ayub Khan
• Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius

• 10 January – Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.^[1]

• 5 February – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.^[3]
• 11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.^[4]

• 23 March - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally announces the Six Point Program.

• 4 May – SSAl-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.^[5]

• 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.^[6]

• 31 December – After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^[7][8]

• 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)^[9]

• 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)^[10]

• 25 May – Tina Khan, Bangladeshi actress (d. 1989)^[11]

• 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer^[12]
• 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)^[13]

• 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer^[14]

• 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)^[15]

• 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)^[16]

• 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)^[17]

• December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)^[18]

• List of Pakistani films of 1966

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