Tribal Rebels Blast Two Gas Pipelines In Pakistan
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Contributor
Quetta, Pakistan (AHN)- Suspected tribal militants blew up two natural gas pipelines in Pakistan's troubled southwest province of Baluchistan overnight. One pipeline was blown up at Goh, around 6 miles from Sui, the town where the main production plant for Pakistan's largest gas field is located. The second was attacked an hour later on the Loti gas field supplying the Sui plant. Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest home to the country's largest gas and oil reserves. According to Reuters, nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks on the pipelines, but Baluch militants are suspected to be behind the blasts. The militant tribes in Baluch do not approve of local resources being used to benefit other regions and have stepped up attacks in recent months on gas pipelines, rail links and government buildings and army bases in the province. Six police commandoes were killed last week in a series of land mine blasts at a training school near the provincial capital of Quetta, an attack also blamed on Baluch militants.
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