New petroleum prices in Pakistan from August 1, 2022

KARACHI: Pakistan on Sunday revised the prices of petroleum products effective from August 01, 2022.

Ministry of Finance announced the following rates effective from August 01, 2022:

The new prices of petrol have been decreased by Rs3.05 per liter to Rs227.19 from Rs230.24.

The rate of high speed diesel has been increased by Rs8.95 per liter to Rs244.95 from Rs236.

The rate of kerosene oil has been increased by Rs4.62 per liter to Rs201.07 from Rs196.45.

Similarly, the rate of light speed diesel has been decreased by 12 paisas per liter to Rs191.32 from Rs191.44.

Previously the present government had started increasing the petroleum prices on May 26, 2022 when the benchmark Brent Oil was at $112 per barrel and now as of July 29, 2022, the international prices of Brent Oil have fallen to $110 per barrel.

Considering the price slump of international oil, the government had reduced the prices of petroleum products from July 15, 2022. However experts believed it was political decision as the government had to increase petroleum levy and apply sales tax.

Furthermore the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) has sharply fell against the dollar leaving no room for the government but to increase the prices of petroleum products.

The previous government of PTI had kept both the petroleum levy and sales tax at zero in order to provide relief to the masses. The PTI government also provided a huge subsidy on prices of petroleum products in order to lower the rates and provide relief to the masses.

However, former Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed through a vote of no-confidence motion on April 10, 2022.

Since then the new coalition government led by PML-N increased the prices of petroleum products sharply on three different occasions.

The new government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif increased the prices of petroleum products on May 26, 2022, June 02, 2022 and June 15, 2022. Cumulatively, the government increased the price of petrol by 84 per liter in these price hikes.

The present government in the budget estimated to collect Rs750 billion as petroleum levy during the fiscal year 2022/2023. As this fiscal year is starting from July 01, 2022, it is likely that the government will opt to impose the levy from this date.

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