Karachi. Oct 12-—President Yahya Khan warned Pakistanis tonight that there was a strong possibility of aggression by India.

India had moved troops, armour and artillery into forward positions along the border with both East and West Pakistan, he said in a broadcast to the nation.

“It is obvious from these moves and from the posture of India’s armed forces that there is a serious possibility of aggression by India against Pakistan.

“These feverish military preparations can lead to but one conclusion—she can launch a war of aggression against Pakistan at short notice.”

The President also announced that a new constitution would be published on December 20 and the National Assembly would meet a week later.

Detailing his plans for the transfer of power to representatives of the people, the President said a central government would be formed soon after the first meeting of the National Assembly.

He appealed to the nation to be vigilant and ready to meet external threats. While there was no undue cause for alarm, there was certainly no room for complacency, he said.

He said some 200,000 displaced persons had returned to East Pakistan from India. He would welcome an assessment by an international agency of the numbers who had gone to India. India had inflated the figures to extract maximum external aid under false pretences, and was forcibly keeping the people, he claimed.—Reuter.

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Delhi, Oct 12.—The Pakistan military tribunal that tried the East Pakistan leader, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman, for treason has found him guilty and recommended the death penalty, authoritative Indian sources said today.

The trial was said to have ended 10 days ago and the recommendation has been sent to President Yahya Khan. An Indian official source said that the verdict had been circulated to all Pakistan's diplomatic missions. The Indians obtained the information from a Pakistan diplomat who had defected.

According to Indian sources, the United Stales and Soviet Union have been urging President Yahya Khan not to carry out the verdict of the military court. It is thought here that he might agree to this to demonstrate the genuineness of his recent amnesty offer to all “those who had wavered from the chosen path”.

Shaikh Mujib. who led the autonomy movement of the 75 million Bengalis in East Pakistan, was seized by the military authorities on March 25 when they launched an attack on his followers in an attempt to repress the movement.

Meanwhile, an air of suspense continues to grow between the armies of India and Pakistan on both the eastern and western borders. Reliable reports indicate that both sides have reinforced their troops on these always sensitive frontiers.

Speculation abounds about the possibility of another Indo-Pakistan war, but there is no strong evidence that a war is imminent, and the troop movements might be elaborate psychological warfare.—New York Times News Service.

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Two members of Operation Omega, arrested on a clandestine expedition io distribute relief supplies in East Pakistan. were jailed for two years in Jessore on Saturday, Omega headquarters in London said yesterday. They are Mrs Ellen Connett, aged 28, an American from New Jersey, and Mr Gordon Slaven, aged 20, of Belsize Park Gardens, Hampstead.