ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said the government has decided to reduce petrol and diesel p
rices by Rs 1.5 per litre, while the p
rices of kerosene and light diesel oil will remain the same.
Talking to media p
ersons in the federal capital, he said petrol p
rices will be decreased f
rom Rs 72.80 to Rs 71.30 and diesel p
rices f
rom Rs 81.40 to Rs 79.90 per litre. The new p
rices will be effective from July 1 to July 31, 2017.
The minister said that following the directions given by the prime minister, the recommendations of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) for an increase in p
rices of kerosene oil by Rs 10.95 and Light Diesel Oil by Rs 6.82 were not approved. The p
rices of kerosene and light diesel oil were kept unchanged at Rs 44 per lit
re.
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ublished in Daily Times, July 1st , 2017.
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