KARACHI: Pakistan will consider taking appropriate measures against Indian aircraft flying over Pakistani territory if India does not permit Pakistani aircraft carrying military personnel or equipment to fly over its territory, official sources said in Karachi yesterday. The Indo-Pakistan agreement in this respect, they added, was on a reciprocal basis. If the Indians withdrew this facility Pakistan would be compelled to do likewise. Official sources were commenting on Press reports from New Delhi that the Indian Government had decided not to permit Pakistani aircraft carrying military personnel or equipment to fly over the Indian territory.

All Pakistani aircraft flying over India on nonscheduled flights were now required to land at a designated Indian airport for customs inspection, even if granted prior permission to fly over India, the reports said. It was in pursuance of this decision, the reports further said, that a Pakistani aircraft bound for East Pakistan was detained at Palam airport last week and ordered to return to Karachi after being accused of carrying a contraband cargo. Of ficial sources also contradicted the statement of Indian Defence Minister Y.B.

Chavan that the Pakistani aircraft was carrying spare parts for military aircraft. They said it was not right on the part of India to have detained the crew and passengers of the aircraft carrying the weekly mail service. The plane should have been allowed to proceed to Dacca instead of being sent back to Karachi. These sources said the crew were also harassed when the plane was detained for no less than 36 hours. Agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by agencies from Coimbatore in south India], Mr. T.C.G. Stacey, a London journalist, was in jail here today [May 11] after being arrested on a charge arising out of an interview he is alleged to have had with Sheikh Abdullah. Mr. Stacey was arrested yesterday after allegedly visiting Sheikh Abdullah at the bungalow outside Ootacamund where the Sheikh is living under restriction. The British journalist was then arraigned before a Magistrate on a charge under the Criminal Procedure Code.