OGDC official killed as gas line bursts

26 Jul, 2004

OGDC production manager Shaukat Ali was killed when the main transmission line of Nundpur (Kabirwala) burst violently. His body was sent to Rahimyar Khan after post-mortem for burial.
"Someone loosened the pressure valve of the natural gas in Nundpur, some 50 miles north-east of Multan, on Saturday when production manager Shaukat Ali(30) was examining the main transmission line. As a result of which the line blew up and pieces of a pipe pierced into his head. We are searching the person who did it deliberately or accidentally," said DPO Khanewal Dr Jamil Ahmed.
He said: "Possibility of enmity or terrorist activity cannot be ruled out at this juncture."

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