Contents

• Incumbents
• Federal government
• Events
• Births
• See also
• References

← 1955 1954 1953 1956 in Pakistan → 1957 1958 1959
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	History of Pakistan List of years in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year 1956 in Pakistan.

Incumbents

Events

• March 5, 1956 Pakistani presidential election
• March 23, Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. Pakistan also becomes a Commonwealth republic (Republic Day in Pakistan, now known as Pakistan Day)
• March 23, Iskander Mirza becomes the first President of Pakistan. ^[1]
• April 23, Pakistan Republican Party established. ^[2]
• September 12, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• December 10, 1956 East Pakistan provincial by-election.

Births

• August 12 – Fahim Gul, squash player

See also

• List of Pakistani films of 1956

References