The incident occurred in the Sordo area of Panjgur, where miscreants cut off PTCL’s main cable, suspending telephone connections across the larger area.
According to reports hundreds of households and businesses were affected by the incident, facing severe inconvenience due to the failure of the telephone network.
Upon being informed, PTCL teams reached the spot and started the maintenance work to restore the landline connections.
Gas supply resumed to Balochistan after pipeline repair
The provincial government has also imposed section 144 in Balochistan, to prevent the blockages of highways after protesters blocked several main roads recently.
Earlier, the gas supply had been restored to Balochistan after the repair work was completed on the pipeline which had been damaged in a sabotage activity.
The pipeline was damaged in Akhtarabad Western Bypass resulting in the suspension of gas supply to several areas.
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) said in a statement “The repair work on the 18-inch diameter gas pipeline that was damaged on Wednesday at Quetta by-pass after a sabotage activity, has been completed”.
“Considering the inconvenience suffered by the affected customers in parts of upper Balochistan and Quetta, SSGC’s technical teams in extreme cold weather worked non-stop since this morning to complete the intricate task, three hours before the scheduled time”, the statement added.
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