1979 in Pakistan

Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.

Federal government

 * President: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
 * Chief Justice: Sheikh Anwarul Haq

Governors

 * Governor of Balochistan: Rahimuddin Khan
 * Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Fazle Haq
 * Governor of Punjab: Sawar Khan
 * Governor of Sindh: S.M. Abbasi

Events

 * 4 April – Deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi.
 * 21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4. (See: Foreign relations of Pakistan)
 * 10 December – Abdus Salam wins the first Nobel prize for the country.

Births

 * 18 April – Tasqeen Qadeer, cricketer
 * 30 June – Faisal Shahzad, bomber