Petrol Dealers Threaten Nationwide Strike

Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) have threatened a nationwide strike of petrol and diesel across the country for not increasing their profit margins. According to the details, the decision comes after the government failed to honor its commitment of increasing the dealers’ profit margin as promised.

The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) Chairman, Abdul Sami Khan, has expressed dissatisfaction over the government’s inability to hold up their end of the agreement to raise the profit margin on petrol and diesel.

He pointed out that the government and other stakeholders had signed a written agreement with his association to increase the petrol dealers’ profit margin by September 1, a deadline which has ended.

He said that it was impossible to run petrol stations with the current dealer margin due to increase in expenditures. Sami Khan warned of a nationwide shutter down strike of petrol pumps if the government does not hold up its end of the agreement.

In July, the federal government had agreed to raise the petrol dealers’ margin by Rs. 1.61 per litre over the course of the next 4 fortnights, which have passed. According to PPDA Chairman, if the government does not increase their margin, there will be a nationwide strike of petrol pumps.

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