Tag: Sui

JI chief supports army troops withdrawal from Sui and Gwadar

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan welcomed on Tuesday Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's announcement of troops' withdrawal from Sui and Gwadar and termed it a step in the right direction. He said General Kayani's statement that the army would be withdrawn from Sui and Gwadar within two months and it would not take part in any operation in Balochistan in the future indicated the realization that issues could not be resolved by force and military operation, adding

FC to replace army in Sui, says Kayani

SUI - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani announced on Monday that the Frontier Corps (FC) would replace the army in Sui, Dera Bugti district, and that a plan to build more military cantonments in Balochistan had been cancelled. General Kayani made the announcements while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-built Military College in Sui, a ceremony attended by local notables and students. Kayani said that the government was responsible for maintaining law and order

Gas pipelines blown up in Pir Koh, Sui

QUETTA - Unknown men blew up gas pipelines, supplying natural gas to the gas purification plants in Pir Koh and Sui on late Saturday night. The Levis Force said some unidentified men had planted explosives with the pipeline in Pir Koh between the well No 15 and 16 which they detonated with remote control, suspending the gas supply to the gas purification plant.
Soon after the incident, the Levis Force reached the site, cordoned off the blast area and launched the search operation

Villagers demand Sui gas supply

DASKA - The residents of Bambanwala village have demanded the supply of Sui gas.
A beautiful village, Bambanwala, situated at a distance of a few kilometers from the Daska city at Haad BRB, is deprived of the Sui gas facility. Women are suffering a lot and are suffering from eye diseases because of burning wood to cook food.
Bambanwala village has a population of 10,000. Sui gas pipeline is available at a distance of some kilometers from Bambanwala but the MNAs And MPAs of

Four Bugtis killed by FC in Sui

QUETTA - Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan killed four Bugti tribesmen and injured many others in Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Sunday. During the operation, the law enforcers also arrested a dozen people and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession while the insurgents blew up two gas pipelines that suspended supply to Uch power plant and local population.
According to reliable sources, the FC on a tip-off raided a farari (rebel) camp in the mountains near Sui town

100 villages will get Sui gas

DASKA - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) has completed a project of providing Sui gas to Pasrur tehsil's 100 villages while the rest of the villages will be provided with the facility soon. According to reliable sources, the construction of all the inter-city roads in Pasrur would begin at the end of this month.
The source said the construction of Charwa-Chawinda Road was also under way and after the completion of this project, the easy access of the far-off bordering villages

Five gas wells blown up in Sui

QUETTA - Machineries of five gas wells in Sui area of Dera Bugti district were blown up with explosives on Sunday, with the Baloch Republican Army claiming responsibility for the attack.
Reports from Sui said miscreants planted explosives near wells number 24, 34, 43, 82 and 83 and detonated them at 2am. As a result, the machinery attached to the wells was badly damaged.
However, the explosion did not lead to gas leakage and the underground safety valves prevented the lines

Sui Cantonment turned into military college

QUETTA - Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani on Monday laid foundations for dismantling the Sui Cantonment and turning it into the country's third military college, saying an educated and prosperous Balochistan guaranteed a strong and sovereign Pakistan.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the country's third military college in the gas-producing town of Sui in Dera Bugti district, the army chief said the people and army could together make Pakistan stronger and masses were