The caretaker government in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has shut down around 500 petrol pumps illegally supplying cheap Iranian fuel to the people, adversely impacting local refineries amid the weakening economy and high inflation in the cash-strapped nation.
Iranian fuel is considerably cheaper compared to the fuel products supplied by Pakistani refineries.
Balochistan’s caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai told the media that these pumps were selling smuggled Iranian petrol and diesel to the people.
“A nationwide crackdown is being carried out on the supply of Iranian fuel products in the country,” he said.
