Attached are copies of documents which analyse the political situation in Pakistan after the election of Benazir Bhutto. No reference to persecution of Zia-Ul-Haq supporters is made; however, it is reported that a supporter of Zia-Ul-Haq, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, was elected President of Pakistan in December of 1988, with support from both houses of Parliament, the country's four provincial assemblies and Benazir Bhutto.1

1. "Ishaq Khan confirmed as Pakistan president", in Far Eastern Economic Review, 22 December 1988, p. 8.
The documents attached include:

-"Benazir's big moment", "Coming to terms with a flawed father", "All eyes on the army but generals mark time", "Ousted old-guard makes way for a new generation" and "A new ethnic force flexes its muscles", in Far Eastern Economic Review, 1 December 1988, pp.10-14.

-"Benazir inherits a divided country", in The Middle East, January 1989, pp. 16-17.

-"Claws out", in The Economist, 24 December 1988, pp. 45-46.

-"Warmer enemies", in The Economist, 7 January 1989, p.32.

-"That monstrous regiment, again", in The Economist, p. 34.

-"Ishaq Khan confirmed as Pakistan president", in Far Eastern Economic Review, 22 December 1988, p. 8.