Pakistan Timeline

[Mirza Ghalib]

Pakistan Timeline

Jun 30, 1957

Jul 26, 1957

Maulana Bhashani forms National Awami Party

Oct 12, 1957

Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy loses support of Rupublican Party and resigns. I. I. Chundrigar becomes the new Prime Minister.

Dec 1957

I. I. Chundrigar resigns and Malik Feroz Khan Noon becomes the new Prime Minister

Jun 18, 1958

Aug 26, 1958

Sep 21, 1958

During an assembly session in East Pakistan, members get agitated on the partiality of the Speaker, a few members get seriously injured while the Deputy Speaker, Shahid Ali Jan gets killed.

Oct 7, 1958

Sikander Mirza the President of Pakistan, with the support of General Ayub Khan, dissolves the assemblies, suspends the Constitution, and imposes Martial Law in the Country.

Oct 27, 1958

Oct 26, 1959

Feb 15, 1960

Apr 1960

Lieutenant General Azam Khan is appointed as the Governor of East Pakistan. He works hard to gain support of the Bengali people but in the process loses support of Ayub Khan and has to resign

Jun 8, 1962

General Ayub Khan imposes a new Constitution in the country, introducing a Presidential form of government, with BD System being the basis of presidential election. The constitution fails to gain popular support of the people.

Oct 26, 1962

May 29, 1963

A Bengali member of parliament delivers an aggressive speech in the National Assembly, intensely representing the sentiments of the Bengali people, highlighting the divide, exploitation and prejudice against Bengalis by West Pakistan.

Jan 6, 1964

Sep 6, 1965

War breaks out between India and Pakistan over the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jan 11, 1966

General Ayub Khan sings the Tashkent Declaration. The Declaration includes agreement of both sides to withdraw from occupied land. The agreement is generally perceived in Pakistan as a defeat on talks table.

Feb 6, 1966

Apr 26, 1967

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan resigns.

Nov 30, 1967

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto founds the Pakistan Peoples Party.