1997 in Pakistan
Events from the year 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
Governors
- Governor of Balochistan – Imran Ullah Khan ; Miangul Aurangzeb
- Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Arif Bangash
- Governor of Punjab – Khawaja Tariq Rahim ; Shahid Hamid
- Governor of Sindh – Kamaluddin Azfar ; Moinuddin Haider
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, activist for female education
Deaths
- 16 August – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Qawwali artist