1972 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 1972 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

• Chief Justice

Hamoodur Rahman

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan

• • • • • • until 11 April: Ghous Bakhsh Raisani 11 April-19 April: Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo 19 April-30 April: Ghous Bakhsh Raisani
  • starting 30 April: Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Hayat Sherpao (until 29 April); Arbab Sikandar Khan (starting 30 April)

• Governor of Punjab

• Governor of Sindh

Mumtaz Bhutto (until 20 April); Mir Rasool Bux Talpur (starting 29 April)

Events

• Karachi labour unrest of 1972

January

• 20 January -President (later Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons programme.
• Pakistan temporarily withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations in protest at the international recognition of Bangladesh as an independent Commonwealth republic (Pakistan returns to the Commonwealth in 1989).

July

• 2 July – India and Pakistan sign the Simla Accord^{[1] [2]} in Simla, India, following the surrender of the Pakistan military to Indian forces in 1971 and the subsequent emergence of former East Pakistan as the independent country of Bangladesh.
• 7 July – Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972^[3] which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in 1972 Language violence in Sindh.

August

• 14 August – Pakistan celebrates 25 years as an independent country.^[4]

Births

• 26 April – Sana Nawaz, actress
• 22 May – Zabir Saeed, journalist and editor
• 5 August – Aaqib Javed, cricketer and coach
• 3 October – Aijaz Aslam, actor

Deaths

• 28 May – Aziz ul Haq, Chairman of the Young People's Front, a Marxist group
• 29 May – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor and director
• 1 October – Riaz Shahid, film writer and director

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1972

Notes and References

1. Web site: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS (SIMLA AGREEMENT) . Mnistry of External Affairs - Government of India . 22 February 2024.
2. Book: Ray . Jayanta Kumar . Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000: South Asia and the World . 2007 . Pearson Education India . 978-81-317-0834-7 . 110 . 22 February 2024 . en.
3. Book: Ahmad . Imtiaz . Ethnic Issues in the Press of Karachi: Spoilers of Harmony . 17 November 2023 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-5275-3159-8 . 159 . 22 February 2024 . en.
4. News: Bhutto Says Martial Law Ends Aug. 14 . 22 February 2024 . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 7 March 1972 . en.