Events from the year 1997 in Pakistan.
Incumbents Federal government President: Farooq Leghari (until 2 December), Wasim Sajjad (acting) (starting 2 December) Prime Minister: Malik Meraj Khalid (until 17 February), Nawaz Sharif (starting 17 February) Chief Justice: Sajjad Ali Shah (until 2 December), Ajmal Mian
Governors Governor of Balochistan – Imran Ullah Khan (until 22 April); Miangul Aurangzeb (starting 22 April) Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Arif Bangash Governor of Punjab – Khawaja Tariq Rahim (until 11 March); Shahid Hamid (starting 11 March) Governor of Sindh – Kamaluddin Azfar (until 17 March); Moinuddin Haider (starting 17 March)
Events March 3 February – General elections are held.
August 14 August – Pakistan celebrates 50 years of independence from British rule.
November 13 November – Nawaz Sharif promises US president Bill Clinton he will find those responsible for the killing of four US businessmen and their Pakistani driver. 26 November – Pakistan's first motorway linking Islamabad to Lahore is opened.
December 2 December – Pakistan's president, Farooq Leghari, resigns. Wasim Sajjad becomes interim president for the second time.
Births 20 May – Shazia Masih, torture victim (died 2010) 12 July – Malala Yousafzai, activist for female education
Deaths 16 August – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Qawwali artist (b. 1948)
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