Events from the year 1968 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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 23 February:

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 ...

** 1 March-3 June: S.A. Rahman ** 4 June-17 November:

Fazal Akbar Fazal-e-Akbar (born November 1903, date of death unknown) was chief justice of Pakistan. He graduated in Arts from St. Xavier College, Calcutta, India. He graduated in Law from University of Calcutta and was called to Bar from Lincoln's Inn, Lo ...

** starting 17 November:

Hamoodur Rahman Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman ( ur, ; 1 November 1910 – 20 December 1981), . , was a Pakistani Bengali Judge, jurist and an academic who served as the Chief Justices of Pakistan, Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 November 1968 until 31 ...

Honours and awards

* Pakistan Hockey team led by Dr Tariq Aziz, won Gold at the Olympics in Men's Field Hockey

Births

* September 1 – Shahbaz Ahmad, field hockey player

Events

* 27 April –

inaugurated

Kamalapur railway station Kamalapur Railway Station, officially known as Dhaka Railway Station, is the central railway station in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. It is the largest station and the busiest infrastructure for transportation in the country that acts as a gatew ...

Dacca Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

(now

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). * 7 November – start of

1968 movement in Pakistan The 1968 Movement in Pakistan was part of the protest against the dictatorial regime of Ayub Khan. It took the form of a mass uprising of students and workers, attracting people from every profession. The uprising took place from early November ...

References

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...