Govt keeps petrol price unchanged hikes diesel by Rs7.5

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday announced that the price of petrol would remain unchanged at Rs262 per litre for the next fortnight while the price of diesel was raised by Rs7.5 per litre.

Addressing a press conference today, the finance minister did not specify if he was referring to high-speed diesel or light diesel oil. He also did not announce if there were any changes in the price of kerosene.

Explaining the reason for the price increase, Dar said the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) had reported an increase of $3.5 in diesel prices in the international markets in the last few days, with a similar upward trend for petrol prices.

He said the Ogra team had strived to pass on the minimum possible price increase to consumers as per the prime minister’s instructions so there was no increase in the petrol price.

“However, because there has been a lot of negative movement and increase in prices for diesel, they (Ogra) have recommended the government to do a minimum increase of Rs7.5 in the price of diesel.”

On June 15, the government had decided to keep the prices of all petroleum products unchanged, except light diesel oil, in line with the international market.

Dar had said the final price calculations provided by Ogra at the close of business hours had suggested there was no impact on prices although international prices had slightly gone up.

Therefore, he had said the prices would remain unchanged. As such, the ex-depot rates of high-speed diesel, petrol and kerosene were maintained at Rs253, Rs262 and Rs164.07 per litre.

Meanwhile, the price of light diesel oil was increased by Rs2.52 to Rs150.20 per litre from Rs147.68.



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