KARACHI, Pakistan, April 25—The Pakistani Government, in a communique released late yesterday, banned the importing of 46 kinds of goods ranging from razor blades to refrigerators.

Explaining the ban, to last until June, and several other changes in import policy, Pakistan said: “The dislocation of trade and industry during re cent weeks has resulted in pressure on the balance‐of‐payments position. The Government has therefore decided to take immediate steps to rectify the situation.”

The announcement came with reports of new successes by the Pakistani armed forces against “miscreants and Indian infiltrators” in East Pakistan, where the army has been seeking to crush the independence movement.

At the time of the announcement most Karachi shops and business concerns had closed their doors until Monday, and there has been no significant comment from the business community.

Banned items are basic goods and luxuries. They include many kinds of motor vehicles, bicycles, phonograph records, gas heaters, earthenware toilets, thermos bottles, television set, hurricane lanterns, enameled bathtubs, musical instruments, cameras, fountain pens, dates, cigars, shaving brushes and toothbrushes. No penalties for violating the bans were given, and no estimates have been made public yet of the amount of foreign exchange that the Government hopes to save.

The Morning News, a Karachi newspaper, reported that “certain import duties are being reduced or adjusted to take the burden off the consumers as the price of certain items may tend to rise.” The goods affected include drugs, medicines and certain kinds of cotton yarn used by the handloom industry in East Pakistan.

The Government communique was released in Islamabad, the capital, and reported by the Pakistan radio and the Government news agency, The agency also reported that the army had cleared the East Pakistani towns of Phulchari, Mymensingh, Jamalpur and Bogra of “miscreants and Indian infiltrators.” Phulchari is a railhead town on the Brahmaputra River in the north.