ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik on Saturday dismissed the criticism that the government was “giving preference” to one sector or imposing an undue burden on another after it kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged till further orders.
On Friday night, the government kept petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices unchanged at Rs299.50 per litre and Rs311.47 per litre, respectively.
In a post on his X account, the petroleum minister shared a table of international oil prices over the past week. According to the number he shared, petrol prices ranged between USD 90.36 and USD 98.35 per barrel during June 22-26, while HSD traded between USD 104.79 and USD 109.09 per barrel.
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“The government is neither giving preference to any sector nor imposing any undue burden on the other,” he said.
On HSD, cost of supply fell by Rs6.57 per litre, reducing the ex-refinery price from Rs217.09 to Rs210.52 per however, the petroleum levy has been raised by Rs6.57 per litre, from Rs72.97 to Rs79.54 per litre, fully offsetting the reduction.
On petrol, the cost of supply declined by 39 paisas per litre, bringing the ex-refinery price down from Rs211.37 to Rs210.98 per litre. The petroleum levy has been increased by the same amount, from Rs66.25 to Rs66.64 per litre.
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