January

• 2 January, President
  President of Pakistan
  The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...
  
   Ayub Khan defeats his main opponent, Fatima Jinnah
  Fatima Jinnah
  Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
  
   in the presidential elections amid opposition accusations of mass rigging of the polls.

September

• 6 September, the Indo-Pakistan war begins. The 17-day war, when East Pakistan
  East Pakistan
  East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
  
   was left undefended, weakens the already fraying national ties between the two wings.

See also

• 1964 in Pakistan
  1964 in Pakistan
  -Events:* August, the National Assembly approves the Presidential Election Bill that called for holding of elections, on the basis of Basic Democracies, for the President, national and provincial assemblies in early 1965...
  
  
• Other events of 1965
• 1966 in Pakistan
  1966 in Pakistan
  -January:*10 January, Pakistan and Republic of India sign an agreement in Tashkent, USSR , to formally end the hostilities between the two countries.-February:...
  
  
• Timeline of Pakistani history
  Timeline of Pakistani history
  Although, the land of Indus, as a state gained independence on August 14, 1947, it has a very long history that goes back over thousands of years and it is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited regions. The Indus Valley was known as Meluhha in Mesopotamia when the Harappan civilization...