KARACHI, May 1—With financial resources sorely strained by the political condition in the Eastern part of the country, Pakistan announced today that she would ask creditor nations for a six‐month moratorium on payments of her external debt.

The official Government news agency reported that Pakistan had asked that a special meeting of the Aid to Pakistan Consortium be convened next month, at which Pakistan's re quest for the moratorium would be presented.

Pakistan's debt of about $4‐ billion is owed to consortium members including the United States, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Japan, Canada and West European nations. The single greatest share is borne by the United States.

The Government announced that a representative of the World Bank had arrived in Rawalpindi, capital of West Pakistan, to discuss the matter with Pakistani authorities.

Major New Restrictions

Earlier today, the Government announced major new restrictions on imports to Pakistan as a means of halting the sharp decline of foreign reserves here since fighting broke out last March 25.

West Pakistan has incurred large expenses in suppressing separatist rebels in East Pakistan during the last month. The economy has been further damaged by a decline in production of jute and other export products in East Pakistan, which are mainstays of the national economy.

Making matters worse, inland transportation and port activity in East Pakistan have suffered the effects of the fighting, and distribution of goods has been reported a serious problem in some areas.

Nevertheless, the Government said today that transportation in East Pakistan was rapidly (returning to normal, and that the rebels had been largely suppressed.

River Traffic Reported

Inland river traffic was said to have resumed today from the Dacca area at the, center of East Pakistan to Chittagong, major port on the Bay of Ben gal.

The Government denied that fighting continued and said that allegedly infiltrating Indian Border Security Force troops and local “miscreant” followers had been defeated.

According to Government re ports here, armed separatist resistance in East Pakistan has been almost wiped out. The Government says that all important towns in East Pakistan are secured and that life is re turning to normal.

The Karachi radio reported today another apparent break in the ranks of the outlawed Awami League—the political arm of Bengali separatists who advocate secession of East Pakistan from the nation. According to the announcement, A. B. Zaman, a National Assemblyman who was elected to the Parliament as an Awami League member, has repudiated the party's separatist position and, called for national unity. He is the second Awami League member to have defected to the Government's cause in the last few days.

On March 26, President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan banned: the Awami League, which held a majority of the seats in the national assembly, and prohibited all political activity. Legal experts are discussing the future of Assemblymen belonging to the defunct league.

The Awami League has no National Assembly members elected from West Pakistan. The split is wholly between the politically dominant West and the more populous East, which are separated by nearly 1,000 miles of Indian territory.