Oil prices increased up to 7.8pc

Published March 16, 2002

KARACHI, March 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) on Friday increased the prices of petrol, light diesel oil (LDO), high octane blending component (HOBC), kerosene, JP-4 and JP-1 by 4.87 to 7.8 per cent.

However, the Oil Companies Advisory Committee had maintained the price of high speed diesel (HSD) at Rs15.63 per litre. The ex-depot fixed sales prices at 29 designated locations will be effective from March 16 to 31, 2002.

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