The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Wednesday notified an increase in the prices of petroleum products up to Rs 8.67 per liter while up to Rs 1.77 per kg in price of CNG with immediate effect.

Ogra notified increase in CNG price by Rs 1.77 per kg in Zone-I consisting of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Potohar, and Balochistan, while by Re 0.90 per kg in Zone-II consists of parts of Punjab and entire Sindh.

 

 

After the current increase in CNG prices, the commodity would be sold at Rs 77.12 per kg against Rs 75.35 in Zone-I and in Zone-II at Rs 71.05 per kg against Rs 70.15 per kg.

"Upward adjustment in CNG consumer price has been necessitated owing to 20 percent increase in Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) as advised by the federal government. read more