 QUETTA: Unidentified men blew up a Quetta Electricity Supply Company electricity pole but power supply was not suspended, said Jibrail Khan, company spokesman, on Monday. Khan said the militants had placed explosives at the pole’s foundation but two legs had withstood the blast. QESCO officials found pole number 396 badly damaged on Sunday, he said, adding that the time of the explosion was not known. However, sources told Daily Times that the pole was found damaged on Monday and probably attacked on Sunday. Attacks on national installation have become a common here and militants regularly target electricity poles, railway lines, telephone repeater stations and trains. Officials said more security personnel had been deployed at such installations. |