Petroleum prices to remain unchanged for next 15 days
Last updated on: 01 June,2021 01:33 pm
PM Imran has rejected the recommendation of OGRA for increase in the petroleum products.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In order to provide relief to people, the government on Monday again decided not to increase the price of petroleum products.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill took to the twitter and said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has rejected the recommendation of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) for increase in the petroleum products.
On Sunday, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) had proposed to hike diesel price by Rs4.36 per liter from June 1.
According to a summary sent by the OGRA to the Petroleum Division, the authority had asked the government to increase the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs4.36 per liter, while a slight increase in the price of petrol and kerosene has also been suggested.
The authority had also recommended maintaining the price of petrol, kerosene oil and light diesel oil.