Sabotage: Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

The explosion damaged a big portion of the pipeline, suspending supplies to the purification plant from well No 15.

QUETTA:
An 18-inch diameter gas pipeline was blown up in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti on Wednesday, suspending supplies to the purification plant from a well. Suspected saboteurs had planted an explosive device underneath the 18-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti, which went off with a big bang on Wednesday. The explosion damaged a big portion of the pipeline, suspending supplies to the purification plant from well No 15.


Published in The Express Tribune, March 8th, 2012.