The main gas pipeline to Pirkoh Gas Plant was blown up on Thursday as two major plants were shut down. Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi said that unidentified individuals blew up the pipeline at 12:30am near the Pirkoh compression plant. Loti Gas Plant is also connected with the same compression plant, and the two plants in turn are linked to the Sui gas field.With the plants being closed, companies are expected to experience a gas shortage. However, Lasi said that this shortage would be compensated by drawing on gas from other sources. He said that the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited would be the worst hit from the blast, and there would be a gas shortage in Multan and Faisalabad.
Meanwhile, unidentified men blew up the railway track near Machh once again on Thursday. According to details, a two-foot stretch of the track was blown up with explosives. All trains on the route have been suspended. No casualty has been reported and efforts are underway to repair the track.