The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been hiked again on Friday by Rs10 per kg within 24 hours without the notification of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra).
After the increase of Rs10, the price of LPG will be Rs240 per kg across Punjab including Lahore. Moreover, the price of domestic LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs120 and that of commercial LPG cylinder by Rs455.
Now, the domestic LPG cylinders will be sold at Rs2,835 and commercial LPG cylinders at Rs10,900. LPG Distributors Association Chairman Irfan Khokhar said that due to the closure of JJVL plant, the government was losing Rs60 billion annually and the black marketing had also reached its peak.
