1967 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1967 in Pakistan.

Federal government

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

March

 * 17 March – For the first time, the birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was celebrated by his party Awami League publicly in East Pakistan.

April

 * 26 April – For the first time, the cabinet meets in the new capital, Islamabad.

May

 * 1 May – Five opposition parties: the National Democratic Front, Council Muslim League, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Awami League, and Nizam-e-Islam Party, form an alliance called the Pakistan Democratic Movement.

June

 * 23 June – The government bans the broadcast on Radio Pakistan of Tagore Songs, angering the country's Bengali population, who consider the songs part of their cultural identity.



August

 * 24 August – The country's first steel mill, designed to produce 150,000 tons of steel annually, is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan.

November

 * 6 November
 * Pakistan is elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
 * Cable Industries of Pakistan in Khulna is incorporated for the manufacturing of plastic-insulated telecom cables.
 * 23 November – Mangla Dam, built for irrigation and power generation, is inaugurated.
 * 30 November – The Pakistan People's Party is founded in Lahore, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is chosen as its chairman.



December

 * 1 December – Modhumita cinema hall opens in Dacca, screening the 1963 Hollywood epic Cleopatra.
 * December – The National Awami Party splinters into two groups, the pro-China National Awami Party (Bhashani) and the pro-Moscow National Awami Party (Wali).

January

 * 12 January – Ali Mohammad Mahar, politician (d. 2019)

April

 * 1 April – Lalak Jan, soldier who received Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (d. 1999)

September

 * 6 September – Nasir Wasti, cricketer (d. 2006)

October

 * 3 October – Najeebullah Khan Niazi, politician (d. 2014)
 * 4 October – Aamer Hanif, cricketer
 * 15 October – Waqar Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2022)

December

 * 12 December – Qazi Ashfaq, footballer (d. 2001)

January

 * 20 January – Madar Bux, politician (b. 1907)

April

 * 6 April – Ramesh Shil, Bengali bard (b. 1877)

May

 * 29 May – Golam Moula, physician and politician (b. 1920)

June

 * 23 June – Raushan Yazdani, folklorist (b. 1917)

July

 * 9 July – Fatima Jinnah, politician (b. 1893)

September

 * 2 September – Ayet Ali Khan, musician (b. 1884)

November

 * 21 November – Abdul Waseque, politician (b. 1909)