Events from the year 1952 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Monarch

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of In ...

(consort –

Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elisabeth or Elizabeth the Queen may refer to: Queens regnant * Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland * Elizabeth II (1926–2022; ), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms * Queen B ...

) until February 6 *

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...

(consort –

Prince Philip Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from h ...

) from February 6

Federal government

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Malik Ghulam Muhammad Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad (20 April 1895 – 29 August 1956) was a Pakistani politician and economist who served as the third governor-general of Pakistan from 1951 to 1955. Educated at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), he joined the India ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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Khawaja Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964), also spelled Khwaja Nazimuddin, was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second Governor-General of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and later as the second Prime Minister ...

* Chief Justice: Abdul Rashid

Governors

* Governor of Northwest Frontier:

Khwaja Shahabuddin Khawaja Shahabuddin (31 May 1898 – 9 February 1977), sometimes spelled Khwaja Shahabuddin, was a politician of Kashmiri-Bengali descent from East Pakistan who was a minister in the Government of Pakistan and member of the Dhaka Nawab family. ...

* Governor of West Punjab:

Abdur Rab Nishtar Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He served as the first Minister of Communications o ...

Governor of Sindh The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the Chief Secretary of Sindh, Chief Secretary ...

Mian Aminuddin Mian Aminuddin ( Punjabi, ) was a Pakistani civil servant. He served the Imperial Civil Service during the British Raj and then Pakistani civil servivce after independence of Pakistan. He served as the first Mayor of Lahore. He also served as ...

Events

January–March

* January 26 – At the

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

session of the ruling

Muslim League Muslim League may refer to: Political parties British India *All-India Muslim League, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan ** Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the organization above **Unionist Muslim L ...

party, prime minister Khawaja Nazimuddin declares

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

the national language of the state of Pakistan. * January 30 – The

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

holds a secret meeting, attended by a number of members from the communist front mobilising full political and student support. * February 6-

George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952 ...

, King of Pakistan, dies at

Sandringham House Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a est ...

aged 56. Queen Elizabeth II becomes

Queen of Pakistan From 1947 to 1956, the Dominion of Pakistan was a self-governing country within the British Commonwealth of Nations that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the Commonwealth. The monarch's constitutional roles in ...

* February 20 – Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, prohibiting processions and meetings is promulgated in Dhaka. * February 21 – The first ethnic riots occur in Dhaka,

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

against attempts to make Urdu the national language and lack of representation for

Bengalis Bengalis ( ), also rendered as endonym and exonym, endonym Bangalee, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divi ...

in central administration. This marks the start of the political struggle for the

Bengali Language Movement The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...

April–June

* May 15 – Conference is held amongst delegates from India and Pakistan in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

to consider implementation of a visa and passport system between the two countries.

July–September

* August 14 – Pakistan celebrates 5 years of independence.

October–December

* November 23 – Basic Principles Committee (BPC) presents the second revised report to the Constituent Assembly. The report called for a parity of representation between East and

West Pakistan West Pakistan was the western province of Pakistan between One Unit, 1955 and Legal Framework Order, 1970, 1970, covering the territory of present-day Pakistan. Its land borders were with Afghanistan, India and Iran, with a maritime border wit ...

in parliament elected on the basis of separate balloting for minorities.

Births

January–June

* February 1 – ACM

Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed (Urdu: تنویر محمود احمد;) is a retired air chief of the Pakistan Air Force who was the Chief of the Air Staff from 2006 to 2009. He was succeeded by Rao Qamar Suleman on 18 March 2009.air chief from 2006 to 2009 * March 4 –

Salman Bashir Salman Bashir () (born 4 March 1952) is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served in Grade 22 as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India.Foreign Secretary * March 13 – Dr Tahir Amin, political scientist, educator and chairman of National Institute of Pakistan Studies at

Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), founded as the University of Islamabad, is a public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to postgraduate study, but later expande ...

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

* March 17 – Abid Ali, television actor

July–December

* July 15 –

Raisul Islam Asad Asaduzzaman Mohammad Raisul Islam (known as Raisul Islam Asad; born 15 July 1953) is a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and an actor in radio, theatre, television and film. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor four times for his roles ...

, Bangladeshi actor * September 1 –

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Masood Aslam Muhammad Masood Aslam (Urdu: ; born 1 September 1952) is a retired three-star general who served in the Pakistan Army for 39 years. His last post in the Army was serving as the commander of the XI Corps, fighting TTP forces in the North-Wes ...

, statesman and Pakistan's ambassador to

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* September 9 –

Zaka Ashraf Chaudhry Muhammad Zaka Ashraf ( Punjabi, ; born 9 September 1952) is a Pakistani executive administrator who has served as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board in three different tenures. Early life and education Born into a Gujjar famil ...

, banker and former chairman of the

Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), formerly known as Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP), is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan ...

* October 5 –

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

, cricketer and prime minister * November 11 – Shamim Azad, poet, storyteller and writer * November 16 –

Abid Azad Abid Azad (16 November 1952 – 22 March 2005) was an eminent Bangladeshi poet, critic and literary editor. Azad was the author of 19 books of poetry including ''Ghaser Ghatana'' (1976), ''Amar Mon Kemon Kore'' (1980), ''Banotaruder Marma'' (198 ...

poet, critic and literary editor (died 2005) * November 21 –

Papia Sarwar Papia Sarwar (; 21 November 1952 – 11 December 2024) was a Bangladeshi singer. She was an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, the songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. She earned the Rabindra Award from the Bangla Academy in 2013, the ...

, Bangladeshi singer (died 2024) * December 9 –

Liaqat Baloch Liaqat Baloch (; born 9 December 1952) is a political leader in Pakistan. A member of the Pakistani parliament in 1985, 1990 and 2002, Baloch is currently serving as the Naib Ameer (Deputy Chief) of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's Islamic religio- ...

, political leader

Full date unknown

* Lt Gen A.T.M. Zahirul Alam, force commander of the

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Deaths

* Ahmed Ullah Ajmeri, film director * January 7 – Ustad Jhande Khan, music composer and director * April 16 – Arzoo Lucknowi, Urdu poet * August 1 –

Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (7 January 1886 – 1 August 1952) was a Pakistani politician. He was the first elected Mayor of Karachi from 1933 to 1934, and is still remembered as the "Maker of Modern Karachi" (Baba-e-Karachi). He was also a nota ...

, first and longest-serving mayor of Karachi (b. 1886) * October 16 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian/Pakistani Muslim leader, poet (b. 1876)

References

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1950s in Pakistan Years of the 20th century in Pakistan