Two gas pipelines, oil tankers blown up
Gas pipielines in Loti and Bograh colony areas of Sui attacked, oil tankers torched at Bolan Highway.
QUETTA:
Two gas pipelines and two oil tankers were blown up in Balochistan on Friday.
Unidentified persons attacked the gas pipelines in the the Loti and Bograh colony areas of Sui.
As a result, gas supply to the Sui plant was suspended.
Repair work was immediately started by a team of engineers from the plant.
The two oil tankers were torched at the Bolan Highway.
Balochistan is torn by militancy, sectarian violence and a separatist insurgency.
A 15-foot-long piece of pipeline carrying gas to Sindh was destroyed on the Sindh-Balochistan border last week. Nato tankers carrying fuel for American troops in Afghanistan have also been targeted. Last Friday, three Nato tankers were attacked in different parts of the province.
Two gas pipelines and two oil tankers were blown up in Balochistan on Friday.
Unidentified persons attacked the gas pipelines in the the Loti and Bograh colony areas of Sui.
As a result, gas supply to the Sui plant was suspended.
Repair work was immediately started by a team of engineers from the plant.
The two oil tankers were torched at the Bolan Highway.
Balochistan is torn by militancy, sectarian violence and a separatist insurgency.
A 15-foot-long piece of pipeline carrying gas to Sindh was destroyed on the Sindh-Balochistan border last week. Nato tankers carrying fuel for American troops in Afghanistan have also been targeted. Last Friday, three Nato tankers were attacked in different parts of the province.