Monthly review: January 2008: The political scene.

The article reviews political issues and events that occurred in Pakistan from December 2007 to January 2008. It cites the move by President Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency he had imposed on November 3, 2007. It reports that the election campaign that began in December was marred by violence, culminating in the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.