1979_in_Pakistan Knowpia

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Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.

Incumbents edit

4 April – Deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi.^[1]
21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4. (See: Foreign relations of Pakistan)
10 December – Abdus Salam wins the first Nobel prize for the country.^[2]