MULTAN, Aug 5: Two of the three gas pipelines running from Sui in Balochistan to Punjab were blown up early on Saturday near Goth Mazari on the confluence of inter-provincial boundary in Rajanpur district.

One pipeline was of 30-inch diameter and the other measured 16 inches. The bigger one is part of a pair that supplies gas to Punjab and NWFP. The other damaged pipeline supplies gas to Wapda’s Guddu thermal power station.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) officials here said the two pipelines were blown up in an explosion at around 3am. A team of engineers and technicians had been dispatched to the area to start repair work, they added.

SNGPL General Manager (distribution) K.W. Shariq said it would be too early to determine whether it was an act of sabotage.