1964
- January 4: Holy relic of Hazrat Mohammad (Peace be upon him) just as mysteriously reappears. Awami Action Committee formed to recover relic demands, release of Shaikh Abdullah, withdrawal of cases against him and holding of plebiscite.
- February 3: Security Council meets and holds a series of seven meetings.
- April 8: Abdullah released
- May 18: Last meeting of Security Council ends with summation by President of Council. Bhutto informs members that Kashmir is in revolt against India and refers to anti-Muslim riots in India. Indian representative M.C. Chagla counters by restating that Jammu and Kashmir is India's integral part and UNCIP resolutions have become obsolete and, further, that constitutional changes to bring about Kashmir's integration with India are internal Indian affair and Pakistan has no right to interfere or complain. Bhutto replies that UNCIP resolutions can only be abrogated by agreement of Pakistan and India, UN and the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Points out that if UNCIP resolutions are obsolete, so is the ceasefire which they produced. Members suggest indefinite adjournment to enable new trends emerging to take over, especially in view of Abdullah's release.
- May 24: Nehru invites Abdullah to Delhi and the two make up. Abdullah travels to Pakistan and also goes to Azad Kashmir where he confers with its President K.H. Khurshid. Nehru is said to have had a change of heart on Kashmir, though others deny it - to this day. Ayub later records that Abdullah proposed confederation like arrangements between Pakistan, India and Kashmir, which he rejected. Mirza Afzal Beg, who accompanies Abdullah to Pakistan later tells Indian author P.L. Lakhanpal, "various solutions of the dispute were talked about in general terms but no preferences for any particular solutions were indicated."
- May 27: Nehru's sudden death in New Delhi aborts Abdullah's mission without any understanding on any point. Abdullah returns to India.
- September: Elder Indian statesman Jayaprakash Narayan visits Pakistan and feels there is a chance of settling Kashmir dispute.
- October 12: President Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri meet in Karachi but no dramatic announcements are made nor is there any expression of mutual goodwill. However, it is agreed that next contact will be at ministerial level.
- December 21: Article-356 and 357 of the Indian constitution providing for extension of Presidential or federal rule in Jammu and Kashmir by India evoke strong protests in Valley and is taken exception to by Pakistan through various communications to Security Council.
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