January

• 20 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...
  
   (later Prime minister
  Prime Minister of Pakistan
  The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
  
   Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
  
   publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately begin
  Project-706
  Project-706, also known as Project-726 or as the Kahuta Project, was a science effort codename of a project conducted during the Cold War and Russo-Afghan War whose objective was to develop Pakistan' first atomic weapon. The mainstream goal of the project was the development of an atomic bomb using...
  
   a nuclear weapons programme.

July

• 2 July - India and Pakistan sign the Simla Accord
  Simla Accord
  Simla Accord can refer to*Simla Accord , signed in 1914, to purported to settle a dispute over the boundary line between inner and outer Tibet....
  
   in Simla
  Shimla
  Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
  
  , India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  , following the surrender of the Pakistan military to Indian forces in 1971 and the subsequent emergence of former 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...
  
   as the independent nation of Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
  
  .

See also

• 1971 in Pakistan
  1971 in Pakistan
  -Events:*Widespread chaos and military crackdown in East Pakistan following the failure to recognize the elected majority party Awami League.*Guerrillas start the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan....
  
  
• Other events of 1972
• 1973 in Pakistan
  1973 in Pakistan
  - Events :* 10 April, the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan is passed.*14 August, Quaid-e-Awam is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.-See also:* 1972 in Pakistan* Other events of 1973* 1974 in Pakistan* Timeline of Pakistani history...
  
  
• 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...