1997 in Pakistan

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Farooq Leghari, Wasim Sajjad
• Prime Minister: Malik Meraj Khalid, Nawaz Sharif
• Chief Justice: Sajjad Ali Shah, Ajmal Mian

  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
• 12 July – Malala Yousafzai, school pupil and education activist.

  Deaths

• 16 August – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Qawwali artist