Islamabad (January 01, 2018): The opposition party in National Assembly Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has submitted call attention notice in national assembly regarding the soar in petroleum prices.
PPP members Naveed Qamar, Nafeesa Shah, Shazia Marri and others submitted the notice saying that the petroleum products has already been expensive as compare to international market while the recent increase in POL prices has caused the concern among the people, therefore parliament should take up the issue for debate.
Earlier, Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had approved Rs 4.06 per litre hike in petrol price on Sunday on recommendation of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA).
Revised price of the petroleum product stands at Rs 81.53/litre and that of high-speed diesel stands at Rs 89.91/litre with an increase of Rs 3.96.
Financial advisor Miftah Ismail told that light-speed diesel price now is stagnated at Rs 58.37/litre with a hike of Rs 6.25 per litre. Kerosene oil price has been revised with an increase of Rs 6.74/litre taking it to Rs 64.32/litre.
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