Two gas pipelines near Hyderabad blown away by unknown culprits on Sunday. – AFP (File Photo)

KARACHI: Two gas pipelines near Hyderabad blown away by unknown culprits on Sunday.

According to police sources, both of the gas pipelines were of an eight inch diameter and were damaged by a 14 inch hole in the pipe.

Gas company officials said that Hyderabad will be suffering gas shortage for the next eight hours as efforts were being made to fix the damaged gas lines.

No one has claimed the responsibility of the incident so far.

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