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Events from the year 1949 in Pakistan.
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Incumbents
editMonarch
edit- King George VI (consort – Queen Elizabeth)
Federal government
edit- Governor-General: Khawaja Nazimuddin
- Prime Minister: Liaquat Ali Khan
- Chief Justice: Abdul Rashid (starting 27 June)
Governors
edit- Governor of Northwest Frontier: Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (until 19 July); Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid (starting 19 July)
- Governor of West Punjab: Francis Mudie (until 2 August); Abdur Rab Nishtar (starting 2 August)
- Governor of Sindh: Shaikh Din Muhammad (until 19 November); Mian Aminuddin (starting 19 November)
Events
editJanuary
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- 1 January – The UN brokered a cease-fire in Kashmir. It granted Kashmir the right to vote on whether to join Pakistan or India.
March
edit- March – Pakistan and India sign the Karachi Agreement
- 7 March – Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan presented Objectives Resolution in the assembly.[1]
- 12 March – Objectives Resolution is adopted by Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.[1]
Births
edit- 6 March – Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister
- 15 September – Taskeen Manerwal, poet and writer (d. 2022)
- 20 November – Tarek Fatah, journalist (d. 2023 in Canada)
- 25 December – Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister
Deaths
edit- 19 June – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (b. 1885)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY". na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
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