Petrol, HOBC prices raised

Published August 16, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 15: The price of petrol were increased by 10 paisa per litre to Rs33.94 from Rs33.84 on Thursday. The price of high speed diesel (HSD) was kept unchanged at Rs19.08 per litre. However, the price of high octane blending component (HOBC) was raised to Rs38.40 per litre from Rs38.33.

The prices of other oil products were slashed by 0.23 per cent to 1.18 per cent.

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