Events from the year 1966 in Pakistan.
Incumbents Federal government President: Ayub Khan Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius
Events
January 10 January – Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
February 5 February – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.
11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.
March 23 March - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally announces the Six Point Program.
May 4 May – SS Al-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.
November 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.
December 31 December – After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Births January 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019)
March 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019)
May 25 May – Tina Khan, Bangladeshi actress (d. 1989)
June 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020)
September 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer
Deaths January 8 January – A. T. M. Mustafa, lawyer (b. 1925)
April 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906)
October 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894)
November 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934)
December December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905)
See also List of Pakistani films of 1966
References