Events from the year 1965 in Pakistan.
Incumbents Federal government President: Ayub Khan Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius
Events
January 2 January – Incumbent Ayub Khan defeats Fatima Jinnah in the 1965 Pakistani presidential election.
August 1 August – The inaugural issue of English-language weekly newspaper Holiday is published in Dacca.
September 6 September – Border disputes over Kashmir erupt into full-scale war as Indian forces attack near Lahore. 14 September – The Battle of Chawinda commences. 23 September – A ceasefire is implemented in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.
December 21 December – Pakistan's first nuclear research reactor, Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor-I, donated by the United States, reaches criticality.
Births April 3 April – Nazia Hassan, singer (d. 2000) 17 April – State of Bengal, British music producer (d. 2015)
May 5 May – Rana Shamshad Ahmad Khan, politician (d. 2015)
Deaths
January 24 January – Ashraf Hussain, Bengali writer (b. 1892)
February 9 February – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, educationist, litterateur, Islamic theologian, and social reformer (b. 1873)
March 3 March – Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy, Bengali diplomat, poet and art critic (b. 1890)
September 6 September – Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui, military aviator of Pakistan (b. 1935)
See also List of Pakistani films of 1965
References