Ishaq Dar announces to maintain current prices of petroleum products till January 31

LAHORE, Jan 15 (SABAH): The government has decided to keep the existing prices of Petroleum products from Monday till January 31.

This was announced by Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar while addressing a news conference in Lahore on Sunday.

He said existing price of petrol is 214.8 rupees, diesel 227.80 rupees, kerosene oil 171.83 and light diesel oil 169 rupees per litre and will continue for the next fortnight.   

“Petroleum prices will remain as they are at Rs214.80 per litre. Diesel is being sold for Rs227.80 per litre and will remain as it is. Kerosene oil is currently priced at Rs171.83 per litre and that will also remain unchanged. Further, light diesel oil (LDO) is presently priced at Rs179 per liter, and that too shall remain unchanged for the next 15 days,” he clarified.

The government was to announce the new fuel prices to be implemented from January 16 to January 31; however, the finance minister said that no changes would be introduced “in accordance with the advice by PML-N Quaid and former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif”.