The rebels of the separatist Baluchistan Province , Pakistan , detonate three pipe gas , reducing gas supplies to the most important province in the country .
Balochistan is a resource-rich region .
The rebels blew up the pipeline to the Punjab province overnight , said Ayub Bajwa , emergency managers in charge for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in the capital city of Islamabad .
Punjab is the most populous province and power base of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif . Most of the province is not currently flowing gas .
" This is the first time they detonate three pipe simultaneously, " said Bajwa , as reported by Reuters .
" They usually just blow up the ( pipe ) here or there , " he said .
Channels such large diameter pipes 24 , 18 and 16 inches . It took at least two days to repair the network , said Bajwa .
During that time , millions of Pakistanis will not be able to heat their homes or run their factories .
Sarbaz Baloch , a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army ( BRA ) , said his group had blown up the pipeline near the Punjabi city of Rahim Yar Khan , about 600 kilometers ( 370 miles ) south of Islamabad .
BRA is fighting for the independence of Balochistan , the largest and poorest province in Pakistan .
They accuse the federal government to loot the resources and the mineral -rich province left the people live in poverty .
Human rights groups have accused the Baluch rebels and government security forces committed serious violations of human rights , including kidnapping , torture and killing of civilians .
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