QUETTA, March 30: The supply of natural gas to Quetta suburbs was suspended after a pipeline passing through the Hazarganji area was blown up in the early hours of Sunday.

Officials said that the pipeline was being repaired and the gas supply would be restored by Monday morning.

A man claiming to be a spokesman for the banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the blast.

The man who identified himself as Beebargh Baloch also claimed that militants had killed two security personnel and injured some others in an attack on a vehicle in the Shiagri area.

Security official did not confirm any such attack.

Meanwhile, the supply of natural gas to the Loti plant was suspended after a pipeline was blown up in the Loti area.

“A portion of the 20-inch diameter pipeline was blown up in the explosion,” officials said, adding that work to repair the pipeline had begun.

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