The pipeline delivers gas to Guddu in Sindh province, which is the nation's largest thermal power station.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the 1 November blast and also threatened to sabotage construction of new army training camps in the area.

"We have blown up this pipeline. We will continue such attacks until our demands are met," BLA spokesman Azad Baluch said in a telephone call to media in Quetta, Reuters reported.

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