ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Hukumat ne petrol ki qeemat mein Rs2.71 fi litre kami aur high-speed diesel ki qeemat mein 31 paisa izafa kar diya hai, jis ke baad Jumerat, 22 October se petrol Rs379.31 aur diesel Rs390.11 fi litre par farokht honge. Yeh baat Budh ko jari kiye gaye Petroleum Division ke notification mein kahi gayi hai.
Petrol Rs382.02 fi litre aur diesel Rs389.80 fi litre par farokht ho raha tha. Yeh tabdeeli is hafte ke aaghaz mein ki gayi bari kami ke baad aayi hai, jab petrol Rs5.16 aur diesel Rs7.69 sasta hua tha.
Rozana qeematon ka taayun
Wazir-e-petroleum ke mutabiq ab tail ki qeematein rozana Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) bain-ul-aqwami mandi ke rujhanat ki bunyad par muqarrar karti hai. Hukumat ne March ke aaghaz se qeematon ka jaiza haftawar bunyad par liya, phir 17 July ko rozana qeemat muqarrar karne ka nizam apnaya, kyunke Iran aur United States ke darmiyan dobara shuru hone wali jharpon ki wajah se aalami tail ki mandiyan ghair mustahkam rahin.
Petrol ke har litre ki qeemat mein taqreeban Rs114 aur diesel ke har litre mein taqreeban Rs100 taxes aur duties par mushtamil hain.
Jang se pehle ki satah se ab bhi bohat upar
Qeematein apni intihai satah se neeche aa chuki hain, lekin 28 February ko US-Iran jang shuru hone se pehle ki satah se ab bhi kahin zyada hain. Us waqt diesel Rs281 fi litre par tha aur 3 April ko Rs520.35 ki intihai satah par pahunch gaya. Petrol March ke aaghaz mein Rs266 se barh kar usi din Rs458.41 ki bulandtareen satah par pahunch gaya.
Bojh kam karne ke liye Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne 13 September ko motorcycle, rickshaw aur 800cc tak ki gariyon ke istemal karne walon ke liye riayati scheme ka elan kiya. Hukumat ne kifayat shiari ke iqdamat bhi dobara nafiz kar diye hain, jin ke teht bazar raat 9 baje tak band karna lazmi hai aur sarkari gariyon ke liye fuel ka quota teen maheene ke liye aadha kar diya gaya hai.
