QUETTA, Jan 11: A gas pipeline was blown up in Loti area on Tuesday, suspending gas supply to a gas purification pant.

Sources said that unknown people planted an explosive device under the pipeline supplying gas to a purification plant from Loti gas field and exploded it.

“It was a 16-inch-diameter pipeline whose five-foot-long portion was blown up by the device,” sources said, adding that repair work of the damaged gas pipe- line would begin on Wednesday. SHOT DEAD:

A head constable was shot dead in an attack on a police checkpoint in Dera Allahyar on Tuesday night.

Sources said that some armed men attacked Shafi police checkpoint in Dera Allahyar town, killing head constable Mohammad Khan.

Opinion

Editorial

Impending slaughter
Updated 07 May, 2024

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Wheat investigation
07 May, 2024

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Naila’s feat
07 May, 2024

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Plugging the gap
06 May, 2024

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Terrains of dread
Updated 06 May, 2024

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Appointment rules
Updated 06 May, 2024

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.