{"id":3029,"date":"2025-06-16T09:41:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:37:40","slug":"govt-increases-fuel-prices-amid-global-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/govt-increases-fuel-prices-amid-global-surge","title":{"rendered":"Govt Increases Fuel Prices Amid Global Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"572\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved a significant hike in petroleum prices for the next fortnight, with immediate effect from June 16, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"572\">According to a late-night notification issued by the Finance Division on Sunday, the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) have been raised by up to Rs7.95 per litre.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"572\">This adjustment follows recommendations by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and relevant ministries.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"610\">Petrol and Diesel Get Costlier<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"933\">The price of petrol has been increased by Rs4.80, moving from Rs253.63 to Rs258.43 per litre.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"933\">High-speed diesel has seen a sharper jump of Rs7.95 per litre, bringing the new rate to Rs262.59 from the previous Rs254.64.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"933\">The revised prices apply immediately, affecting consumers across the country from June 16 onward.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"976\">Global Trends Behind Price Revision<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1352\">Officials cited rising international oil prices and currency fluctuations as primary reasons for the fuel price increase.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1352\">Pakistan adjusts petroleum prices on a fortnightly basis, using global market trends and exchange rate movements as the basis for review.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1352\">This latest surge is expected to impact transportation costs, inflation, and consumer goods across the board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved a significant hike in petroleum prices for the next fortnight, with immediate effect from June 16, 2025. According to a late-night notification issued by the Finance Division on Sunday, the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) have been raised by up to Rs7.95 per litre. This adjustment follows &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[1513,1289,1512],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","category-national-news","tag-diesel","tag-inflation","tag-petrol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3128,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions\/3128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}