CLINTON MAY EASE PAKISTAN SANCTIONS

President Clinton today assuredPakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttothat he will try to ease sanctions against her country. In a White House meeting,Bhuttocomplained to Clinton that her government has paid the U.S. more than $600 million for a shipment of fighter jets, both of which the U.S. kept after Pakistan developed anuclear weaponscapability. Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), chief sponsor of the sanctions, insists that Congress must hold firm because Pakistan has nuclear bombs. Bhutto maintains that Pakistan has not built any nuclear weapons.