RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed the hike in petrol prices and demanded to immediate reverse the same.

In a statement, the PPP Chairman said that the petrol bomb is being dropped on people as revenge. “We will not stand for the economic murder of the country,” he said, adding that the economic attack by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will be combated.

On Wednesday, the government revised prices of petroleum products increasing the price of petrol by Rs 2.98 per liter. The revised price of petrol would be Rs 84.91 per liter.

The price of diesel has been increased by Rs 5.92 while the price of light diesel has also been increased by Rs 5.93. Diesel will now be retailed at Rs 95.83 per liter while light diesel will be sold for Rs 64.30 per liter. Kerosene oil witnessed an increase of Rs 5.94 per liter and will be sold for Rs 70.26 per liter.