Federal government raises LNG prices across Pakistan

Federal government raises LNG prices across Pakistan

*ISLAMABAD – The federal government has increased price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LNG).*

According to the notification issued by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), one day after the government announced to raise petroleum product prices, LNG price has been increased by Rs3.5 per kilogramme. Following this hike, price of LNG per kg has become Rs133.5.

Domestic cylinder price has witnessed increase of Rs41, while price of commercial cylinder has grown by Rs201. The federal government on Sunday announced to raise petrol price by six rupees a litre.

Earlier, the government increased the *prices* link petrol and diesel by Rs6 per litre each.

Meanwhile, the prices of kerosene and light diesel oil (LDO) have been increased by Rs3 a litre for April 2019 effective from Monday (today) till midnight of April 30.

With this increase, the petrol prices have been increased from the existing Rs92.88 to Rs98.88/litre. Prices of High Speed Diesel (HSD), which is widely used in transport and agriculture sector, have been increased to Rs117.43 per litre from the earlier Rs111.43 a litre.