 Suspected tribesmen blew up a gas well and gas pipeline early on Sunday in Dera Bugti early on Sunday. Renegade tribesmen also destroyed a pipeline at Uch gas plant near Dera Murad Jamali. Armed tribesmen came from a training camp near the town and attacked well number 6 and the pipeline in Loti Gas Plant, said Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi. He said an 18-feet section of the pipeline was damaged and the well was shut down after the attack. The plant’s self-electricity generation had to be stopped and alternate measures were adopted to run the plant, he added. “The technical staff of the gas company has started the repair work and hopefully the supply will be restored by the evening,” Lasi said.
| My hope for the eventual resolution of the Balochistan crisis would be for the province to achieve independence, but only after a drawn-out conflict with lots of casualties on both sides and the demise of Akbar Bugti, preferably in a painful manner. |
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