SSGC fixes three daily gas slots for homes as govt overhauls LPG market
SSGC will supply gas to homes in Sindh and Balochistan at breakfast, lunch and dinner hours this winter, as the government moves to auction LPG.
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SSGC will supply gas to homes in Sindh and Balochistan at breakfast, lunch and dinner hours this winter, as the government moves to auction LPG.
Petrol falls Rs3.4 to Rs374.51 and diesel Rs7.76 to Rs395.20 for November 3, as the government says refineries will absorb Rs15bn a month to hold prices down.
The cabinet changed how petrol is priced: import prices will follow actual PSO cargo costs and refinery premiums freeze at March 7 levels for 30 days.
LPG is selling at up to Rs750 a kilogram in northern KP against an official Rs279.34, while OGRA holds back a crackdown for fear of supply strikes.
LPG cylinders are selling at more than twice Ogra's Rs3,296 price after Iranian supplies were disrupted; the minister says prices will ease within days.
LPG prices jumped Rs100 a kilogram over the weekend after import exemptions on Iranian cargo were withdrawn, and the industry wants daily pricing before winter.
The government raised petrol by Rs2.31 to Rs398.96 a litre and high-speed diesel by 78 paisas to Rs395.72 for October 9, under the daily pricing system.
Petrol now costs Rs393.64 a litre and diesel Rs397.76 for Tuesday, under Pakistan's daily pricing system, with taxes of Rs114 and Rs100 a litre still in place.
Deputy PM Ishaq Dar reviewed the PM's fuel relief scheme, under which 7.6 million motorcycle, rickshaw and small-car owners have registered for Rs100 a litre off.