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KARACHI: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association has announced countrywide strike for an indefinite period, starting from July 22 (Saturday).
According to the statement of the association’s Chairman Abdul Sami Khan, they have demanded the government to increase the distributors’ commission, but the government is not taking any step to meet their demands.
The statement adds that the association sent a letter to the Minister of Petroleum, Musadik Malik, to bring this and several other issues to his attention. However, the minister never responded to the association’s grievances.
They have been compelled to go on countrywide strike in favour of their demand.
Currently, the government allocates a commission of 2.4 percent per liter to the dealers.
The association stated that the strike will continue until the petroleum ministry takes concrete steps towards the issue.
Earlier, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) had written a letter to the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) to the federal government, demanding to set OMC’s margin petrol and for high-speed diesel (HSD) at Rs12 per litre.
