Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has said that its 18 inch diameter high pressure gas pipeline was blown up by some unknown miscreants on Monday morning at Jaffarabad, Balochistan.

The company said that this serious incident of insurgency occurred at Sunday night in the District Jaffarabad.

According to a press release, the incident was caused by an explosive device, resulting 18 inches deep trough and rupturing nearly 50 feet long pipeline in a tract of wet muddy land.

Subsequent to incident, the effected section of pipeline was immediately isolated.

At the same time, company's emergency response team rushed to the site from Shikarpur to inspect the situation, which is awaiting permission by the security agencies, who are engaged in clearance of the said area.

SSGC is trying its best to manage the smooth and uninterrupted gas supply to the customers of Balochistan, who are combating extremely cold weather nowadays.