ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Thursday notified the prices of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) for domestic consumer.
According to a notification, the price of locally produced LPG will be Rs.983 per domestic cylinder of 11.8 kg with per kg value of Rs 83.30. Likewise, the price for 100% imported LPG will be Rs 1,136 per domestic cylinder of 11.8 kg with per kg value of Rs 96.27.
The price for local and imported mix LPG has been fixed as Rs 1020 per 11.8 kg cylinder i.e. Rs. 86.4 per kg.
Due to higher transportation cost, the OGRA has allowed the distributors to charge Rs 30 more per domestic cylinder in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, FATA and Northern Areas.
The notification has advised all the LPG marketing companies to make available or issue the sales invoice/ gate pass on the their printed format clearly mentioning whether the consignment is imported one or local before dispatching the truck from storage and filling plants.
Chairman of the LPG Distributors Association Irfan Khokhar, addressing a press conference here at National Press Club, praised Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dr Asim Hussain, for implementing the new LPG policy.
Khokhar appealed to the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the Ministry of Petroleum to take action against the LPG companies which were busy in black marketing of LPG and charging exorbitant prices the poor people.
Talking about the LPG Policy 2011, he said Rs 5 billion revenue per annum could be added to the national exchequer if the policy was implemented because it would eliminate the monopoly of LPG mafia in the country.
He demanded of the government to take action against anti- market forces in LPG sector.
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