1979 in Pakistan explained

Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

• Chief Justice

Sheikh Anwarul Haq

Governors

• Governor of Balochistan

• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Governor of Punjab

• Governor of Sindh

S.M. Abbasi

Events

• 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

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

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1979

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/april/4/newsid_4412000/4412729.stm 1979: Execution of a prime minister – BBC News
2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/salam-bio.html Abdus Salam – The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979