Bomb blast: Gas pipeline exploded at Jamshoro
After the pipeline explosion, the supply of gas was suspended to some parts of Karachi.
KOTRI:
A gas pipeline, 16 inches in diametre, exploded near police picket No. 13 on Super Highway, Jamshoro, on Monday.
According to the Sui Southern Gas Company in-charge in Jamshoro, Ayaz Lashari, bomb disposal experts were called immediately and confirmed that a bomb was planted underground.
It was an act of terrorism, he added. After the pipeline explosion, the supply of gas was suspended to some parts of Karachi. Supply has now been restored through alternate gas pipelines.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.
A gas pipeline, 16 inches in diametre, exploded near police picket No. 13 on Super Highway, Jamshoro, on Monday.
According to the Sui Southern Gas Company in-charge in Jamshoro, Ayaz Lashari, bomb disposal experts were called immediately and confirmed that a bomb was planted underground.
It was an act of terrorism, he added. After the pipeline explosion, the supply of gas was suspended to some parts of Karachi. Supply has now been restored through alternate gas pipelines.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.