• Source: 1997 in Pakistan

      • 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)


      References

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