Petroleum prices cut

Published September 16, 2003

KARACHI, Sept 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) slashed prices of petrol, HOBC and kerosene by 48, 13 and 64 paisa per litre, respectively, on Monday. However, the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Shell Pakistan (SPL) increased the ex-depot prices of diesel by 42 paisa per litre to Rs21.74 from Rs21.32.

An increase of 11 paisa was made by the OCAC in the price of light diesel oil (LDO) to Rs17.10 from Rs16.99 per litre.

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