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1979 in Pakistan
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In 1979, Zia-ul-Haq, aged 51, led Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the gallows to be hanged with tragic consequences after giving no consideration to the pleas from capitals around the world not to. What bothered governments world over would however be the eventful attack by a mob on the United States Embassy setting it afire. A slight hope rekindled when Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize.

Events

• 4 April - deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed in Rawalpindi.^[1]
• 21 November - After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans had 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 won the only Nobel prize for the country.^[2]

Births

9 Sep : Ellen Milton (Painter)

Deaths

References