Islamabad :
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has rejected the summary of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) regarding increase in prices of petroleum products, after which prices of petroleum products will now remain at current levels for next 15 days.
Addressing an Iftar dinner in honor of the leaders of the ruling coalition parties in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that he had rejected the summary of increase in prices of petroleum products.
After the rejection of the summary by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the price of petrol and high speed diesel will remain at Rs 149.86 and Rs 144.15 per liter respectively.
Similarly, the price of kerosene and light diesel oil will be Rs 125.56 and Rs 118.31 per liter respectively.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that OGRA had recommended to increase the price of petrol by Rs. 21 per liter and the price of other products by Rs. 50 per liter. We have rejected the OGRA summary.
Addressing the Iftar dinner, he said that the people do not know what the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) did so that the people would criticize us.
The Prime Minister said that the PTI government did not deliberately increase the prices of petroleum products, they would find a middle ground on petroleum products.
The Prime Minister said that we cannot impose more burden on the people and the facts regarding prices of petroleum products will be made public.
Shahbaz Sharif said that no more burden can be placed on the already troubled people, the government will bear the burden itself by maintaining the prices of petroleum products.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif thanked the allied parties for their support for the PM’s job and said that they would work with the allies to get the country out of the difficult situation.
He said that he will try to stay in touch with all the allies, will work to solve the problems of your constituencies, will make this Prime Minister’s House Pakistan House, here all the provinces of Sindh, KP, Balochistan and Punjab officers will be deployed and we will all work together for the development of Pakistan.
Shahbaz Sharif further said that the federal cabinet will be sworn in soon, the PM House will have officers from all the provinces, will take all measures for the welfare of the people. Done, nobody cares.
