1997 in Pakistan
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1997 in Pakistan
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Decades: 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s Centuries:  •  • 20th • 21st See also: Other events of 1997 List of years in Pakistan

See also: 1996 in Pakistan, other events of 1997, 1998 in Pakistan.

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, which links Islamabad to Lahore is opened.

December

• 2 December - Pakistan's president, Farooq Leghari resigns.

Deaths

• August 16 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Qwalli artist (b. 1948)

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