Petrol price in Pakistan drops by Rs8 per litre for next fortnight

Petrol price in Pakistan drops by Rs8 per litre for next fortnight

Islamabad: The caretaker government has decreased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs8 and Rs11 per litre respectively.

As per the notification, the ex-depot price of petrol was fixed atRs323.38 per litre instead of Rs331.38.

Meanwhile, a cut of Rs11 has been announced in the diesel price, after which the new rate of the fuel will be Rs318.18 per litre for the next fortnight.

New prices of the commodities has taken effect from this midnight.

On the other hand, the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) set the price of LPG at Rs261 per kg for October against Rs240 in September, up by Rs21 or 8.7pc. As such, the 11.8kg domestic cylinder price was set at Rs3,079.64 for the current month.