E/CN.4/1990/46 page 35 allowed to hold an annual meeting. However, after illegally attempting to dissolve the meeting, police allegedly detained the above-mentioned Ahmadi leaders as an apparent act of reprisal." 69. On 20 December 1989, the Permanent Mission of Pakistan communicated the reply of the Government of Pakistan to the Special Rapporteur's letters dated 7 April, 13 October and 8 November 1989: "1. The allegations made by the Ahmadi Community were investigated and found to be without any foundation. Similar complaints in the past have also turned out to be baseless. "2. The Government of Pakistan has, previously also, provided detailed and comprehensive replies on the subject to the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance. These were published in documents E/CN.4/1988/45/Add.l and Corr.l of 6 January 1988 and E/CN.4/1989/44 of 30 December 1988. "3. It is reiterated that the Government of Pakistan has consistently discharged its obligations to ensure the equitable and just treatment of all its citizens regardless of their religious belief. There is no discrimination against Ahmadis. "4. Furthermore, the new democratic Government of Pakistan takes seriously its obligations in the field of human rights. It is committed to the protection and promotion of human rights of all sections and classes within the country. The dignity of the human person is uppermost in all actions taken or proposed to be taken by the present Government. "5. The dedication of the new Government to adhere to human rights norms can be gauged by the fact that the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, in her very first address to the nation after being sworn in as the Chief Executive of the country on 2 December 1988, pledged as follows: '(a) We will strive to give all citizens equal social status and to defend human rights in all its aspects; '(b) It is the duty of the Government to provide protection to the people against oppression and exploitation. From now on, no one will be able to exploit the labourers; '(c) We will review the present level of minimum wages. bound to conform to standards framed by ILO for the labour; '(d) Minorities are our sacred trust. safeguard all the minorities.' We are We pledge ourselves to "6. Furthermore, soon after assuming office on 2 December 1988, Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto ordered the release of about 2,000 political prisoners in Pakistan and commuted the death sentence to imprisonment of over 2,029 persons. Today, there is not a single political prisoner in Pakistan. Besides, all women prisoners not convicted of murder or serious crimes were also released.