Events from the year 1964 in Pakistan.
Incumbents President: Ayub Khan Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius
Events January 2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months. 6 January – The governor of West Pakistan bans opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami, and its leader, Abul A'la Maududi, is arrested.
April 11 April – A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people. 29 April – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) inaugurates regular scheduled flights from Karachi to Shanghai via Dacca and Canton using a Boeing 720B, becoming the first airline of a non-communist country to fly to the People's Republic of China.
June 1 June – Pakistan acquires from the United States its first submarine, the PNS Ghazi.
July 22 July – The heads of state of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey issue a joint communique from Istanbul, establishing the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).
August 29 August – President Ayub Khan inaugurates the Chittagong Press Club.
September 25 September – The Supreme Court overturns the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami on the ground that the ban, enacted without due process, violated the fundamental right of freedom of association.
October 23 October Pakistan loses 0–1 to India in field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, taking home the silver medal. Eastern Tubes Limited in Dacca is incorporated to manufacture fluorescent tubes.
November 26 November – The country's first television station goes on air in Lahore, operated on a pilot basis by NEC.
Births February 7 February – Nadir Shah, Bangladeshi cricket umpire (d. 2021) 10 February – Mir Aimal Kansi, perpetrator of the CIA headquarters shooting (d. 1998)
March 15 March – Kunwar Naveed Jamil, politician (d. 2023) 20 March – Sadiq Fakir, folk singer (d. 2015)
April 14 April – Manna, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2008)
May 11 May – Haseeb-ul-Hasan, cricketer (d. 1990)
August 4 August – Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician (d. 2020) 14 August – Hussain Shah Syed, boxer
October 18 October – Sheikh Russel, youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (d. 1975)
November 6 November – Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)
December 24 December – Shahid Ali Khan, field hockey goalkeeper
Deaths April 10 April – Shamsunnahar Mahmud, politician (b. 1908)
October 2 October – Nur Ahmed, politician (b. 1890) 3 October – Harendra Kumar Sur, politician (b. 1893) 5 October – Birat Chandra Mandal, politician (b. 1893/1894) 13 October – Golam Mostofa, Bengali poet and writer (b. 1897) 22 October – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1894)
November 15 November – Abdul Latif Biswas, politician (b. 1897)
December 23 December – Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, educator (b. 1889/1890)
See also List of Pakistani films of 1964
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