Congress workers, led by the District/City Congress Committee, staged a protest in front of the district headquarters here on Monday in protest against the continuously rising prices of petroleum products in the country.
Following the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East and the evolving global energy situation, Puri briefed the media on the country’s preparedness in the current circumstances.
On a cumulative basis, the core sector expanded by 2.6 per cent during April to December 2025-26 compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, reflecting moderate overall growth amid mixed sectoral trends.
The federal government of Pakistan is likely to raise the prices of petroleum products to Rs 4.79 per litre for the next fortnight starting September 16, as reported by ARY News on Sunday.
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Friday emphasized the critical need for conserving petroleum products and urged the citizens to adopt fuel-saving practices to reduce the nation's dependence on imports and conserve valuable foreign exchange.
The Memorandum of Understanding will promote bilateral trade in the hydrocarbon sector and ensure secured and long term supply of petroleum products to Bhutan.
However, the government has estimated a growth of 2.5% in the consumption of LPG, while demand for diesel is seen rising 3%.
Amid a worsening economic crisis due to floods, high inflation and depreciating currency, Pakistan on Friday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease harsh terms which require Islamabad to increase power tariffs and fuel taxes over the next six months.
The Central government has raised excise duty on export by Rs 6 per liter on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), Rs 6 per liter on petrol and Rs 13 per liter on diesel. Apart from that Rs. 23,250 per tonne of cess will be charged on crude export. There is no change or addition of cess in the import of crude oil.
The data released by the Minister revealed that while the average petrol prices have gone up by 52.34 %, the average prices of diesel and LPG have gone up by 64.23 % and 55.97 % respectively.
