As Pakistan continues to grapple with high electricity bills, the caretaker government on Thursday further jacked up the petrol and diesel prices by over 14 Pakistani Rupees (PKR) taking the price past 300 PKR, Geo News reported on Friday.
The Finance Division said the hike was due to the “increasing trend of petroleum prices in the international market and exchange rate variations”.
The Finance Division said that the price of petrol will go up by 14.91 PKR per litre, and the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by 18.44 PKR per litre. Now, the price for one litre of petrol will be 305.36 PKR, and the HSD price will be 311.84 PKR.
