Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday announced that the prices of petrol and diesel would remain unchanged for the second fortnight of January.
In a televised address, Dar said: “The government has decided to maintain the price of petroleum products for the next 15 days”.
He added that the next price revision would be made on January 31.
Petrol prices to remain at Rs214.80 per litre
Accordingly, petrol would be sold at Rs214.80 per litre, high-speed diesel at Rs227.80 per litre, kerosene oil at Rs171.01 per litre, and light diesel oil at Rs169 per litre.
It is worth mentioning here that the coalition government on December 15 decided to cut down the petrol price by Rs 10 and diesel by Rs 7.5, respectively.
