ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday, announced to cut down the petroleum prices for the month of December, ARY News reported.
وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر کی نیوز کانفرنس
Posted by ARY News Urdu on Friday, November 30, 2018
Addressing a press conference here in Islamabad today, the finance minister announced to cut the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per liter, while gasoline price was reduced by Rs 3 per liter.
The new rates of the petroleum products will be enforced today midnight countrywide.
” Sales tax on the petroleum products has been reduced to 8 percent”, Asad Umar said.
The minister said, the government is utilizing all its available resources , to provide relief to the common man in present ‘crunch’ economic situation, the country passing through.
Mr. Umar while holding past rulers responsible for the exports drop, said due to wrong policies of PML-N government, the country’s economy is under heavy burden of ‘debt.’
“Prime minister’s prime focus is to steer country out of economic crises by boosting local exports”, the minister maintained.
Focusing on the dollar serge, he said, demand of dollar is high while its supply is low.
It may be recalled that, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), yesterday, had forwarded a summary to the Ministry of Petroleum, recommending an upward revision of prices of petroleum products for the month of December.
The regulatory body had recommended an increase of Rs5.21 in the price of petrol and Rs2 in the price of high speed diesel (HSD).
The price of light speed diesel was recommended to be hiked by Rs7.79 per litre, while kerosene oil by Rs9.91 per litre.
The post Government announces to cut diesel, petrol prices by Rs2 per litre appeared first on ARYNEWS.
from ARYNEWS https://ift.tt/2E9b22u
0 comments:
Post a Comment