“No increase in petrol prices”, PM Khan turns down OGRA’s request
Monitoring Desk :
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday turned down the request of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) for an increase in fuel prices. Special Assistant to the PM Shehbaz Gill said the premier has taken step to avoid putting a financial burden on the masses.
In a tweet, he shared a picture of Ogra’s proposed prices and said: “Ogra proposed to increase the price of petroleum products from about Rs6-7 per litre. Prime Minister Imran Khan did not accept this proposal. There has been no increase in the prices of petroleum products. Despite the continuous rise in the prices of petroleum products in the world market, the prime minister did not allow it.”
The prices would have been effective from March 1. For the next 15 days, the prices of petroleum products will remain the same.
Ogra had proposed an increase in prices earlier this month as well, but the prime minister had turned it down. The decision had come as a break from continuous price increases for the previous five consecutive fortnights. This was despite an increase in international oil prices over the last 15 days.
Over the last many months, the government has been tweaking with petroleum levy rates instead of GST as levy remains in the federal kitty while GST goes to the divisible pool taxes and thus about 57pc share is grabbed by the provinces.
“No increase in petrol prices”, PM Khan turns down OGRA’s request
