What happened in 1997
- On the completion of 50 years since Pakistan’s establishment, a national seminar titled “What We Lost and What We Gained” was held at the Mansurah Auditorium.
- A nationwide Day of Protest was observed on 28 February against the Nawaz Sharif government’s abolition of the Friday weekly holiday.
- Meetings and gatherings were held in all divisions of the country.
- A gathering of the central and provincial office-bearers of affiliated organisations was also held.
- An Accountability Cell was established under General Muhammad Hussain Ansari to help make the country’s accountability system more effective.
- Ameer-e-Jamaat Qazi Hussain Ahmad was arrested on 20 August and detained at Kund Rest House.
- A nationwide Day of Protest was observed on 22 August against his arrest.
- Delegations from Türkiye, Iran, Bangladesh, Sudan and Tajikistan were received.
- The Chief Justice of Pakistan participated in an Eid Milan gathering organised by the Pakistan Business Forum.
- During the Accountability Movement and the Movement for the Enforcement of Shariah, the Ameer-e-Jamaat toured the country and organised the public.
- At the invitation of the British Government, the Ameer-e-Jamaat attended and addressed a conference in London.
- The Ameer-e-Jamaat attended and addressed the public gathering of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the public gathering of Islami Chhatra Shibir.