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Petrol, Diesel prices reduced by Rs2 per litre

Finance Minister Asad Umar
Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday announced a reduction of Rs2 per litre in the prices of petrol and diesel.

During a press conference in Islamabad, he told that sales tax on diesel was 27.5 percent and 15 percent on petrol in the last month of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.

When our government came, the prices went down at the end of August, he added.

“The prices of oil increased in international market after recommendation. In October the price reached to 84 dollars in October,” he asserted.

We reduced the levy of petrol from 8 to 6.51, said Umar

“In November, the price of oil is as per 60 dollars,” he said.



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