1979 in Pakistan
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Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
Governors[edit]
- Governor of Balochistan: Rahimuddin Khan
- Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Fazle Haq
- Governor of Punjab: Sawar Khan
- Governor of Sindh: S.M. Abbasi
Events[edit]
- 4 April – Deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi.[1]
- 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.[2]
Births[edit]
- 18 April – Tasqeen Qadeer, cricketer
- 30 June – Faisal Shahzad, bomber
See also[edit]
- 1978 in Pakistan
- Other events of 1979
- 1980 in Pakistan
- List of Pakistani films of 1979
- Timeline of Pakistani history
References[edit]
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