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Govt decreases petrol by Rs1.7, HSD by Rs3.12 for Sept 23
The new rates follow a daily pricing review as global oil market volatility continues to push up import costs, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the federal government reduced petrol to Rs392.05 per litre and high-speed diesel to Rs418.96 per litre, cutting prices by Rs1.70 and Rs3.12 respectively.
- Daily price revisions, implemented July 17, reflect global market volatility driven by Middle East tensions and geopolitical disruptions that directly impact Pakistan's domestic fuel costs.
- On September 13, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a special relief scheme offering Rs100 per litre off petrol, covering an estimated 11.8 million beneficiaries across motorcycles and low-engine vehicles.
- Expanding the program on September 18, Shehbaz directed inclusion of 20-year-old motorcycles and rickshaws registered after January 1, 2006, in the Prime Minister Fuel Relief Scheme.
- Jamaat-E-Islami Emir Engineer Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman postponed the party's long march, awaiting a meeting with Shehbaz upon his return from the United Nations General Assembly to discuss petroleum levies.
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