RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Nov. 27 — Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces in East Pakistan is continuing on five fronts, a military Spokesman said here today. However, he said, there have been no significant losses on either side during the last day.
His statement contrasted with that given at a news conference today by Pakistan's commander in East Pakistan, Lieut. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi. He said that as far as he was concerned “total war is on.”
Pakistan asserts that during the last seven days of an alleged Indian general offensive, 1,000 Indians and 30 Pakistanis have been killed. Asked how the casualties could be so lopsided, the Pakistani spokesman said, “We are the defenders.”
Indian Tanks Reported Lost
He said that four more Indian tanks were destroyed yesterday but that none had been recovered by Pakistani forces.
Spokesmen today Provided the first photographs of fighting yet shown to newsmen here. The indistinct photographs were said to have been taken by a gun camera and to show a Pakistani F‐86 jet shooting down an Indian Gnat jet.
In other developments, the Government announced food rationing in West Pakistan's Sind Province, including the city of Karachi, and India's High Com missioner (ambassador) met With Pakistan's Foreign Secretary.
Details of the Indian‐Pakistani discussions in Rawalpindi were not disclosed, but were understood to have involved proposed repatriation of some Pakistani and Indian nationals, among other things.
No Progress in New Delhi
A spokesman here said that another meeting, in New Delhi between the Pakistani High Commissioner and the Indian Government, had produced no progress.
A military spokesman said Indian forces still held territory in East Pakistan about three by five miles in area including the border town of Chuagacha in the Jessore District and the border outpost of Atgram in the Sylhet District.
He said extensive Indian reconnaissance indicated that a major Indian offensive was imminent.
An Indian attack supported by artillery and two planes on Hilli in the Dinajpur District yesterday was beaten off, the spokesman said. He said the Indian unit involved, the 165th Mountain Brigade, suffered 150 casualties.