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Frontier Corps secures Sui gas field as manhunt continues |
2005-01-17 |
![]() Local police said that the situation is improving and many people who had fled the area were returning to Sui city and most shopkeepers were open for business. Police said they had made no arrests so far of the people involved in the attacks. Lt General Hamid Rab Nawaz, the Quetta corps commander, visited Sui on Sunday and met with officers of the Frontier Corps, Defence Security Guards and civil officers. According to the Sui administration, the local officers briefed Gen Nawaz about the attacks on the Sui gas plant and pipeline. Nawaz also visited sections of the Sui gas plant where field engineers briefed him about the damage done. The gas supply to major power plants and fertiliser factories has been suspended because of the damage, gas company officials said. |
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