ISLAMABAD: The marketing companies on Wednesday reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by Rs5 per kilogram following decline in price in international market and revision of rates by the OGDC.
As a result, prices of domestic cylinder were decreased by Rs50 and commercial cylinder by Rs200, Chairman LPG Distributors Association Muhammad Irfan Khokhar said in a statement issued here. He appreciated the government especially Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources for devising an effective strategy to import LPG that resulted in reduction in the commodity price. Following the price reduction, Khokhar said, one kg LPG would be sold at Rs80 per kg and the domestic cylinder will be available at Rs910 in Karachi.
He said that the prices of domestic cylinder in Lahore, Kasur, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Jhelum, Sahiwal, Sialkot, Peshawar and Daska would be Rs970 and one kg LPG would be sold at Rs85 per kg. While in Rahim Yar Khan, Sadiqabad, Hyderabad, Attock, Gujrat, Mirpur AJK, he said, one kg LPG would be available at Rs100 and domestic cylinder at Rs1,150.
