No Change In Petrol Price as PM Rejects OGRA’s Summary
There will be no change in the petroleum product prices for the first fifteen days of March as PM Imran Khan has rejected the summary sent by OGRA.
PM’s Special Assistant on Political Communication Dr. Shahbaz Gill in a tweet on Sunday shared the latest development.
Sharing the copy of the summary sent to the ministry, Dr. Gill said that the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority had recommended an increase of Rs6-7 per liter in petrol price but PM Imran Khan turned it down.
“The government has made no increase in the prices of petroleum products,” he added.
اوگرا نے تقریباً 6 سے 7 روپےفی لیٹر تک پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمت بڑھانے کی تجویز کی۔ وزیراعظم عمران خان نے یہ تجویز منظور نہیں کی۔ پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں میں کوئی اضافہ نہیں کیا گیا۔ عالمی مارکیٹ میں پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں میں مسلسل اضافے کے باوجود وزیراعظم نے اجازت نہیں دی pic.twitter.com/Xwmn3EuhGc
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) February 28, 2021
The prices for petroleum products in Pakistan are revised every 15 days.
The current prices are as following:
Petrol: Rs111.90 per litre
High-speed diesel: Rs116.07 per litre
Kerosene oil: Rs80.19 per litre
Light diesel: Rs79.23 per litre
