Events from the year 1960 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...

* Chief Justice: ** until 2 May: Muhammad Munir ** 3–12 May: Muhammad Shahabuddin ** starting 13 May:

A.R. Cornelius Alvin Robert Cornelius, Hilal-i-Pakistan, HPk (8 May 1903 – 21 December 1991) was a People of Pakistan, Pakistani jurist, legal philosopher and judge, serving as the Chief Justice of Pakistan#List, 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until ...

Events

May

* 11 May 1960, the No. 8 Squadron of PAF famously known as

Haiders No. 8 Squadron, nicknamed the Haiders, is a tactical attack squadron from the No. 32 TA Wing of the Pakistan Air Force's Southern Air Command. It is currently deployed at Masroor Airbase and operates multiple variants of the Dassault Mirage 5 strik ...

is raised at

PAF Base Masroor PAF Base Masroor is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force. It is located in the Mauripur area of Karachi, in the Sindh province. The base was originally known as RPAF Station Mauripur and after 1956, as PAF Station Mauripur. ...

September

* 24 February, The name of Islamabad is decided by the Presidential Cabinet of Pakistan for the new capital * Early September, irregular Royal Afghan Forces on the command of

Daoud Khan Mohammed Daoud Khan ( ps, ), also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan (18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978), was an Afghan politician and general who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d ...

invade Pakistan's Bajaur District in an attempt to annexe the region thus starting the

Bajaur Campaign The Bajaur campaign refers to an armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan that took place from September 1960 to September 1961 in Bajaur, Pakistan. The conflict was initiated by Afghan Prime Minister Daoud Khan, who sent Royal Afghan ...

. They are ultimately pushed back by Pakistani forces and Pakistani Pashtun tribesmen. * 19 September, Pakistan and the Republic of India sign the Indus Waters Treaty.

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

May

September

See also