1966 in Pakistan

• President: Ayub Khan
• Chief Justice: A.R. Cornelius

• 10 January – Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri sign the Tashkent Declaration to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=A. Jeyaratnam |author1-link=A. Jeyaratnam Wilson |editor1-last=Kapur |editor1-first=Ashok |chapter=The Foreign Policies of India's Immediate Neighbours A Reflective Interpretation |title=Diplomatic ideas and practices of Asian states |year=1990 |publisher=E.J. Brill |page=54 |isbn=90-04-09289-7}}

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• 5 February – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, general secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League, announces the Six Point Program calling for limiting the federal government to defence and foreign affairs.{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Sonia Zaman |title=The politics and law of democratic transition: caretaker government in Bangladesh |year=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-31230-1 |page=88}}
• 11 February – Ayub Cadet College is inaugurated in Rajshahi, East Pakistan.{{cite web |title=List of Cadet College |url=https://www.army.mil.bd/CadetCollege |website=Bangladesh Army}}

• 23 March - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally announces the Six Point Program.

• 4 May – SS Al-Abbas, the first ocean-going vessel constructed by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works is launched.{{cite book |last1=Pakistan Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |title=Twenty Years of Pakistan, 1947-1967 |year=1967 |publisher=Pakistan Publications |page=200 |oclc=70361796}}

• 18 November – Instruction begins at the University of Chittagong with 7 teachers and 200 students in 4 departments: Bangla, English, history, and economics.{{cite web |title=University of Chittagong |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=University_of_Chittagong |website=Banglapedia |language=en}}

• 31 December – After seven years, the Elective Bodies Disqualification Order expires, lifting the prohibition against standing for office from 70 politicians, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.{{cite journal |title=Chronology December 1966-February 1967 |journal=Pakistan Horizon |date=First Quarter 1967 |volume=20 |issue=1 |page=72 |jstor=41392881}}{{cite journal |last1=Dutta |first1=Aroma |author1-link=Aroma Dutta |title=Making of the Bangladesh State: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali Language Movement and Birth of a Nation |journal=Strategic Analysis |date=2 November 2021 |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=476 |doi=10.1080/09700161.2021.2001277}}

• 1 January – Muhammad Tajammal Hussain, politician (d. 2019){{cite web |title=Profile: Mr. Muhammad Tajammal Hussain |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1007 |website=Punjab Assembly}}

• 2 March – Shahed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi film director (d. 2019){{cite news |script-title=bn:অবশেষে পৃথিবীর মায়া ত্যাগ করে চলে গেলেন নির্মাতা শাহেদ |trans-title=Finally the maker Shahed left the illusion of the world |url=https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2019/03/17/825883.htm |work=Amader Shomoy |date=18 March 2019 |language=bn}}

• 25 May – Tina Khan, Bangladeshi actress (d. 1989){{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Hassan |script-title=bn:চক্ষুদান স্বপ্ন, একজন টিনা খান ও একটি নীলচে ডায়েরি |trans-title=A visionary dream, Tina Khan and a blue diary |url=https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/ |work=Channel i |date=25 May 2018 |language=bn}}

• 3 June – Wasim Akram, cricketer{{cite web |title=Wasim Akram Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/wasim-akram-43547 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}
• 22 June – Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic preacher (d. 2020){{cite news |title=TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi laid to rest in Lahore |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/747055-tlp-chief-khadim-hussain-rizvi-laid-to-rest-in-lahore |work=The News International |date=21 November 2020}}

• 14 September – Aamer Sohail, cricketer{{cite web |title=Aamer Sohail Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/aamer-sohail-38967 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

• 15 April – Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, politician (b. 1906){{cite web |title=Chowdhury, Habibullah Bahar |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Habibullah_Bahar |website=Banglapedia}}

• 13 October – Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and academic (b. 1894){{cite web |title=Ibrahim, Justice Muhammad |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ibrahim,_Justice_Muhammad |website=Banglapedia}}

• 12 November – Shakeb Jalali, Urdu poet (b. 1934){{cite news |title=57th death anniversary of famous Urdu Ghazal poet Shakeb Jalali observed |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/13-Nov-2023/57th-death-anniversary-of-famous-urdu-ghazal-poet-shakeb-jalali-observed |work=The Nation |date=13 November 2023}}

• December – Fazlur Rahman, politician (b. 1905){{cite journal |last1=Haq |first1=Moinul S. |title=Report for the year 1967 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/1b0bff076ec70c01fd93222f0632efe5 |journal=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society |date=1 April 1968 |volume=16 |issue=2 |page=112}}

• List of Pakistani films of 1966

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