The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association is going on a nationwide strike from Monday as the deadlock over the profit margin between the government and the dealers continue.
Earlier, the representative of petroleum dealers met with Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik, OGRA Chairman, and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. However, the talks remained unsuccessful.
The Ministry of Petroleum has invited petroleum dealers for talks after they announced to go on strike from July 18.
The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association has demanded the government to enhance the dealers’ margin to six percent. The petrol dealers had threatened to observe a nationwide strike on July 18 if the government fails to fulfill their demand of hike in the dealers’ commission.
The union had summoned a session regarding the strike and negotiations with the government over the dealers’ margin. Petrol pumps cannot operate under the current margin, they claimed. The association said that the minimum wage of an employee has reached
Rs25,000 and prices of other commodities were also increased. The dealers said that the margin should be increased up to six percent due to increase in the expenditures.
The last time, the PPDA went on strike was in November 2021. The strike was called off after the government promised to increase their margin by Rs0.99.
