It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa

Date: 7 Oct 1964
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

It was announced in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa and has issued instructions to Pakistan shipping companies not to enter South African ports. Landing and passage facilities have already been refused to South African aircraft in Pakistan. The move by the Pakistan government was aimed at forcing the South African government to abandon its apartheid policy.

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01O’Malley P. ‘1964’, From: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za [Accessed: 17 October 2012]
02South African History Online, ‘It is announced in Rawalpindi that the government of Pakistan has decided to ban all exports from Pakistan to South Africa’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 17 October 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, October 4). It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093749

South African History Online (2012) 'It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa', South African History Online, 4 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093749 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).

South African History Online, It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093749, (accessed 25 September 2026).

"It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa." South African History Online, 4 Oct. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093749. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "It is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa." South African History Online. October 4, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093749.