1997 in Pakistan

List of events

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* History of Pakistan
* List of years in Pakistan
* Timeline of Pakistani history

Events from the year 1997 in Pakistan.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* 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

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* 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

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### March

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* 3 February – General elections are held.

### August

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* 14 August – Pakistan celebrates 50 years of independence from British rule.

### November

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* 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

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* 2 December – Pakistan's president, Farooq Leghari, resigns. Wasim Sajjad becomes interim president for the second time.

## Births

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* 20 May – Shazia Masih, torture victim (died 2010)
* 12 July – Malala Yousafzai, activist for female education[1]

## Deaths

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* 16 August – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Qawwali artist (b. 1948)

## References

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1. ^ "Malala Yousafzai". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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1997 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
*   * China
* Cyprus
*   * Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
*   * North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
*   * Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   * Pakistan
*   *   *   * Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
*   *   * Singapore
*   * Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
*   * Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
*   *   * Yemen
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States with limited
recognition

* Abkhazia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan
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Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   *   * Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
*   *   *   *   *   * Hong Kong
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