← 1978 1977 1976 1979 in Pakistan → 1980 1981 1982
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See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year1979 in Pakistan.

• President:Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
• Chief Justice:Sheikh Anwarul Haq

• Governor of Balochistan:Rahimuddin Khan
• Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:Fazle Haq
• Governor of Punjab:Sawar Khan
• Governor of Sindh:S.M. Abbasi

• 4 April – Deposed Prime Minister of PakistanZulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed inRawalpindi.^[1]
• 21 November – After false radio reports from theAyatollah Khomeini that theAmericans haveoccupied theGrand Mosque inMecca, the United States Embassy inIslamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4. (See:Foreign relations of Pakistan)
• 10 December –Abdus Salam wins the firstNobel Prize for the country.^[2]

• 18 April –Tasqeen Qadeer, cricketer
• 30 June –Faisal Shahzad, bomber

• List of Pakistani films of 1979

• 1979 in Pakistan
• 1979 by country
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• Years of the 20th century in Pakistan

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