Petrol Archives

75,000 people switched to Lahore’s Orange Line train, metro, speedo buses due to fuel hikes

The recent massive hikes in fuel prices have adversely hit the routine life of the middle and lower-middle class, consequently, more than...

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Goods transporters increased fares of cargo shipments by 40% after fuel hike

The goods transporters have announced 40% increase in the fares of cargo shipments following the third consecutive increase in petroleum prices in...

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Russia earned $98 billion in fuel exports in 100 days of Ukraine war

According to recent reports, Russia gained $98 billion from fossil fuel exports during the first 100 days of its conflict in Ukraine,...

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Petrol price in Pakistan reaches a record high of Rs 233.89 per litre

Miftah Ismail, the Federal Finance Minister, declared on Wednesday that Pakistan could no longer afford to provide subsidies on petroleum products, thus...

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Petrol at 210? Here’s how you can reduce your petrol cost by 40%

The cost of driving is becoming increasingly expensive due to rising fuel prices. According to experts, prices could climb even higher as...

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Pakistan raises fuel prices by Rs 60 in one week, protests hit petrol pumps

Protests have broken out at petrol pumps after the government increased fuel prices by Rs 60 in the second straight hike within...

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Pakistan under pressure from IMF drops a massive petrol bomb

The federal government has surrendered to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition and declared a huge increase in petrol and diesel prices of...

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ECC approves Rs 68.7 billion grant to provide petroleum products at subsidised rates

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved Rs 68.7 billion supplementary grant to pay for the cost of providing the petroleum products at...

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Oil companies are selling substandard fuel as high-octane for profits

To deceive customers and increase profits, several oil marketing companies (OMCs) in Pakistan have been selling research octane number (RON)-95 fuel as...

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Govt working on policy for conversion of coal to gas and liquid fuels

During the era of decreasing domestic gas production and high-priced fuel imports, a new policy to convert Coal-to-Gas (LTG) and Coal-to-Liquid (CTL)...

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OGRA recommends Rs 8.50 hike in price of petrol

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recommended Rs 8.50 per litre increase in the price of petrol and Rs 5.5 per...

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Prices of petroleum products reduced by upto Rs 7

The federal government decreased the price of petroleum products by up to Rs 7 per litre, effective December 16, 2021. On Wednesday,...

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Petrol hiked by Rs 8.03 and Diesel by Rs 8.14 to reach new historic high

Ministry of Finance announced the decision to hike petrol prices to new historic high in the wee hours of Friday and the...

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Petrol price crosses Rs 137 per litre after massive hike of Rs 10.49

The government on Saturday increased the price of petrol by Rs 10.49 per litre taking its price to Rs 137.79 per litre...

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Diesel, petrol prices up by Rs 5 each for rest of September

The government raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre for the second half of the current month on Wednesday after a...

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Petrol Price in Pakistan reduced by Rs 1.50 per litre

The Finance Division stated on Tuesday that the price of petrol in Pakistan will be reduced by Rs 1.50 starting on Wednesday,...

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Pakistan new fuel prices for August 2021

Dr Shahbaz Gill, the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Political Affairs, stated on Friday that the fuel prices would be hiked by...

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Govt approves Rs 5.40 per litre increase in petrol price

Government has decided an increase in per litre price of petrol by a whopping Rs 5.40 which will have a multiplier effect,...

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Petrol price goes up by Rs 2 per litre for July

The price of petrol have been increased by Rs 2 per litre and high speed diesel (HSD) price by Rs 1.44 per...

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Price of petrol in Pakistan goes up by Rs 2.13 per litre

The Finance Ministry authorised a Rs 2.13/litre rise in petrol price and a Rs 1.79/litre rise in High-Speed Diesel on Tuesday. According to a government announcement,...

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Hike in prices of petroleum products challenged in LHC

On Monday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) filed a writ petition challenging the recent hike in the prices of petroleum products for...

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Pakistan increases petrol price by Rs 2.31 per litre from 1st January 2021

According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister House, the government has agreed to raise the price of petrol by...

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FIA inquiry into petrol shortage calls for disbanding OGRA

FIA led inquiry commission to probe into the shortage of petroleum products has recommended strict action against secretary Petroleum Division, DG Oil,...

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Fuel prices to remain unchanged for rest of October

The Federal Government has decided to not change the fuel prices for the remaining days of October, said the finance ministry. The...

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Nationwide petrol supply suspended as fire erupts at Keamari oil terminal

KARACHI: Petrol supply to all over the country is temporarily suspended from Karachi due to a fire erupted at an oil depot...

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Cabinet forms commission to investigate recent petrol shortage

The federal cabinet has approved setting up a commission to investigate and take action against the recent shortage of petrol in the...

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OGRA responsible for petrol shortage in the country: LHC

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan took notice of the shortage of petrol and expressed his displeasure over the performance...

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PM directs chief secretaries to control prices of essential items

PM Imran Khan said that the objective of the reduction in prices of petrol and diesel was to give relief to the...

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Bureaucracy blamed for petrol shortage

Refineries and oil companies blamed the bureaucracy for the recent petrol shortage in Pakistan which continued for 2 weeks. The country faced...

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PM Imran directs strict action against those responsible for petrol shortage

An emergency meeting about the shortage of petrol took place under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Federal Ministers, senior officials...