ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government increased the diesel and petrol prices across the country for the next fortnight, effective from Saturday, November 1.
According to the Ministry of Finance notification, the price of petrol per liter has been increased by Rs 2.43 and diesel by Rs 3.2 per liter.
According to the notification, the price of petrol per liter has increased to Rs 265.45, while the price of diesel will be Rs 278.44 per liter.
On October 15, the government had reduced prices of petroleum products by up to Rs5.66 per litre.
The price of petrol had been cut by Rs5.66 per litre, bringing it down from Rs268.68 to Rs263.02 per litre while the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) had been reduced by Rs1.39 per litre, bringing it down from Rs276.81 to Rs275.41 per litre.
The price of kerosene oil had also been cut by Rs3.26 per litre from Rs184.97 to Rs181.71, while light diesel oil (LDO) had been reduced by Rs2.74 per litre from Rs165.50 to Rs162.76 per litre.
