The government has also offered to provide help should it be needed.
The Daily Times newspaper, citing anonymous Interior Ministry Officials, said, “Intelligence reports suggested terrorist groups linked to Al Qaeda were planning attacks on oil and gas fields particularly in Sindh and Balochistan after the Ouch Sharif gas pipeline explosion.”
“The reports indicated that jihadi outfits with links to Al Qaeda were behind the recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan,” added the insiders.
Another source, within the Sindh Home Department, has acknowledged the warning from the Federal Government and the offer to help. According to the anonymous informant, “The federal government [has] directed provincial governments to take tighter security measures at oil and gas fields and [has] asked if they needed additional security.”
“The Federal Government would deploy the Rangers and Frontier Constabulary at oil and gas fields if provinces requested for help,” added the official.
