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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi on Monday said the transporters were bound to reduce fares and freight charges as the government had significantly decreased prices of petroleum products.
The minister urged the provincial and district administrations to play their role in this regard in order to pass on relief to the masses.
In a post on X formerly Twitter, Solangi said the government had reduced petrol and diesel prices by Rs 40 and Rs 15, respectively.
“Whenever prices of these products rose, the transport sector increased freight charges and transportation fares. Now, they (transporters) are bound to provide relief to the masses by reducing them,” the minister said in his post.
It should be noted that the caretaker government on Sunday reduced the price of petrol by Rs40 per litre and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs15 for the next fortnight. The new price of petrol is Rs283.38 and Rs303.18 for HSD.
The government has revised the consumer prices of petroleum products in the wake of variations in international prices of the commodity and improvement in the exchange rate.
The new prices have come into effect from 12 am (, October 16) and remain in place till October 31.
