1950 in Pakistan

Incumbents

Monarch

• King George VI

  Federal government

• Governor-General – Khawaja Nazimuddin
• Prime Minister: Liaquat Ali Khan
• Chief Justice: Abdul Rashid

  Events

January

• 4 January - President of Pakistan recognizes People's Republic of China.

  April

• 2 April – Liaquat Ali Khan visits Delhi for meetings with Indian Prime Minister Nehru.
• 8 April – Liaquat and Nehru sign what becomes known as the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
• The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, originally known as the Diocese of Karachi, erected on 20 May 1948, was elevated as the Archdiocese of Karachi on 15 July 1950.
• Fashion in Pakistan changed dramatically.

  May

• 18 May - Peshawar University is established.

  July

• July 11 - Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

  September

• September 6 - General Mohammad Ayub Khan, becomes the first Pakistani as Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.