In Pakistan, the prices of petroleum products are likely to increase during the upcoming month of February.
Moreover, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary of the prices of petroleum products in which it has proposed an increase of Rs12 per litre for petrol and Rs10 per litre for diesel, say sources in the petroleum division.
The final decision would be taken by the Ministry of Finance headed by Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh after consultation with Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Ogra prepared its summary on the basis of a levy of Rs30 per litre. Currently, the levy on petrol is Rs21.56 per litre and Rs23.9 per litre on diesel.
The government can reduce the proposed increase to a very low level by not increasing the levy or it can maintain the current prices of petroleum products with a slight reduction in the levy.
According to the sources, last month, the government had increased the prices of petroleum products twice after every 15 days.
The price of petrol went up by Rs 2.31, since Jan 01 and diesel by Rs1.80, whereas on January 15, the government again raised the price of petroleum products with a culmination of Rs3.20 more expensive per litre and diesel Rs2.95 more expensive per litre.
