September 18, 2008	Thursday	Ramazan 17, 1429

QUETTA, Sept 17: Three powerful explosions caused by rockets rocked the city on Wednesday evening.

Police said that the first rocket exploded near the Chaman Housing Society minutes before Iftar, the second near a food outlet on Smungali road and the third near an apartment in the same area.

No casualty was reported, but windowpanes of nearby houses and shops were smashed.

Soon after the explosions, police arrived at the places and the local administration deployed extra security personnel in the city.

Police said the places from where the rockets had been fired could not be ascertained.

The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks and said these were in response to the operation being carried out by security forces in New Kahan area.

Meanwhile, a pro-government tribal elder was injured in a bomb blast in Sui.

Sources said that Paind Khan, a former commander of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, was going home when his bike hit the bomb on a road in Mohammad Colony area.

Sui police arrested three suspects in connection with the blast.

In another incident, a gas pipeline was blown up in Gwadar, suspending supply to the town.