TRIBAL MILITANTS FIGHTING FOR MORE AUTONOMY BLEW UP A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY, KILLING A GIRL AND WOUNDING HER MOTHER AND ANOTHER RELATIVE, OFFICIALS SAID. THE GIRL DIED WHEN THE 16 INCH (40 CM) DIAMETER PIPELINE PASSING NEAR HER HOUSE IN DERA BUGTI TOWN IN BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE BLEW UP, ABDUL SAMAD LASI, A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE AREA, SAID. IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, MILITANTS ATTACKED A POLICE STATION NEAR DERA BUGTI AND KILLED TWO POLICEMEN. ANOTHER POLICEMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A LANDMINE EXPLOSION IN THE TOWN OF KOHLU, REUTERS REPORTED. BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN'S LARGEST BUT POOREST OF FOUR PROVINCES, IS HOME TO THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST GAS AND OIL RESERVES.
