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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: Ghulam Mustafa Khar
• 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 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 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.

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

References

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

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