Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday approved an increase of Rs5.40 per litre in the price of petrol.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communications Dr Shahbaz Gill took to the twitter to make the announcement and said contrary to OGRA s recommendations, Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a mere Rs 5.40 per liter increase in the price of petrol in the public interest.
The price of diesel has been increased by Rs 2.54 per litre with whereas Light Diesel Oil price increased by Rs 1.27 per litre.
The OGRA had proposed an increase of Rs 11.40 per liter in the price of petrol in view of rising prices of petroleum products in the global market for the last several months.
“Prime Minister [Imran Khan] went against OGRA’s recommendation and approved Rs5.40 increase in petrol price keeping in mind public interest,” the special assistant said.
The price of high speed diesel has been hiked by Rs2.54 per litre, kerosene oil Rs1.39 per litre, and light diesel oil Rs1.27, the special assistant said in his thread of tweets.
Gill added that the government would now bear the burden as it has decided against OGRA’s recommendations in a bid to provide “maximum relief to the people”.
