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Dera Bugti TV booster blown up

Muhammad Ejaz Khan
QUETTA, January 07 2006: Rockets fired by unknown armed men hit a television booster in Dera Bugti and FC’s check-post in Pir Koh area on Friday January 6.

Officials said the television booster of Dera Bugti was blown up by unknown armed men on Friday evening. The local administration rushed to the site and started investigation. No arrests were reported.

According to a dispatch from Quetta, PTV transmission was suspended in Dera Bugti after an exchange of fire between security forces and Bugti tribesmen damaged the TV booster in the township.

“There has been no PTV transmission in Dera Bugti since this evening,” a senior official of the Dera Bugti administration said, adding that PTV engineers were busy trying to restore the broadcast.

Sources said the transmission might be restored in the next 24 hours.
Source: The News
Date:1/7/2006