Petrol, diesel prices increased to over 100 rupee per litre in PAK

Imran Khan-led Pakistan government announced on Friday that it has hiked the prices of all petroleum fuels overnight, causing chaos in the country amidst coronavirus pandemic.

The government of Pakistan on Friday announced a significant hike in the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and light diesel oil. The biggest impact is on the petrol price, which has been hiked by 25.58 rupee per litre. With this change, the motor spirit will cost a whopping 100.10 rupee per litre. The new fuel prices were announced with immediate effect.

Besides petrol, prices of high-speed diesel, light diesel oil (LDO) and superior kerosene oil (SKO) have been hiked by a huge margin. As per the official notice, high-speed diesel is dearer by 21.31 rupee per litre, SKO price hiked by 23.50 rupee and LDO cost increased by 17.84 rupee.

New vs old POL prices in PAK

Product	Old price (in Pakistani Rupee)	New price (in Pakistani Rupee)
Petrol	74.52	100.10
High-speed Diesel	80.15	101.46
Superior Kerosene Oil	35.56	59.06
Light Diesel Oil	38.14	55.98

How people reacted?

Imran Khan-led government's decision to hike prices of essential fuels in Pakistan did not sit well the people, who took to Twitter to express their anger and disappointment.