Govt increases petrol price by Rs17.50 per litre to Rs 290.45

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The caretaker government has increased the petrol price by Rs17.50 to Rs290.45 per litre.

Moreover, the diesel rate was also increased by Rs20 per litre to Rs293.40 per litre. However, the prices of light-diesel and kerosene oil have been upheld.

The increase in the petrol price is likely to bring a storm of price-hike.

Reacting to the hefty increase, citizens said that the government was hell-bent on killing the people who had already died due to inflation.

"The government should immediately withdraw the recent increase if it cannot provide the relief to the inflation-battered people," he added.

Meanwhile, transport owners have increased the fares in Gujranwala and Sargodha.