Events from the year 1979 in Pakistan.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of Balochistan: Rahimuddin Khan
- Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Fazle Haq
- Governor of Punjab: Sawar Khan
- Governor of Sindh: S.M. Abbasi
Events
- 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]
Births
- 18 April – Tasqeen Qadeer, cricketer
- 30 June – Faisal Shahzad, bomber