QUETTA, May 1: A portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was blown up near the Domboli area of Nasirabad district early on Sunday morning seriously affecting the rail traffic. Also on Sunday, rockets were fired at installations of the Quetta Electric Supply Company in Pasni and Mach.

According to Pakistan Railways authorities saboteurs had planted a powerful bomb on the railway track near Domboli, about 250 Km south-east of here. It went off at around 2.50 am blowing up a portion of the railway. All Quetta-bound passenger trains were stopped at the Jacobabad station. It took several hours to replace the damaged track and service on the main line was restored.

Three rockets were fired at the Grid Station in Mach. Two of the rockets exploded in an open place, while the third hit the main gate of the grid station, smashing window-panes and doors. A man passing was hit by splinters. A generator of the power house in the sub area of Pasni was damaged when some people fired on the plant.