QUETTA, May 19: Two main pipelines supplying gas to Punjab and the Sui gas plant were blown up in the Goh area, 10km from Sui town, on Friday.

“Gas supply from Sui to Punjab has been suspended,” official sources said adding that the other affected pipeline supplied gas to the Sui gas plant from Loti gas field.

According to sources, unknown tribesmen planted high explosive under a 24-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to Punjab and blew it up.

The pipeline caught fire that was brought under control after stopping gas supply to the pipeline from Sui plant.

“Around 20 feet of pipeline were destroyed,” official sources said. After two hours, militants blew up the other gas pipeline half a kilometre away from the place of the first incident,” sources said.

Law-enforcement agencies rushed to the site and started investigation.

Later, engineers and other staff reached Sui and started repairing the affected pipelines. “The repair will take at least 24 hours,” official sources said.