Disrupting supply: Gas Pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

QUETTA: Tribal militants blew up another 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti on Friday, disrupting the supply of gas to the purification plant from wells. According to official sources, an explosive device was attached along the pipeline which went off with a huge bang. Resulting in a disrupted gas supply from well Number 28 and 40 to the main purification plant. The personnel of the Balochistan Levies and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and cordoned off the area. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 11^th, 2011.