{"id":4430,"date":"2025-06-28T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:24:09","slug":"fixed-gas-charges-to-rise-by-50-from-july-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/28\/fixed-gas-charges-to-rise-by-50-from-july-1","title":{"rendered":"Fixed Gas Charges to Rise by 50% from July 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"431\"><strong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"270\">ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Starting July 1, domestic consumers in Pakistan will face a <strong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"373\">50% hike in fixed charges on gas bills<\/strong>, even though the actual gas usage rates remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"642\">According to a recent notification, the fixed monthly charge\u2014previously Rs. 400\u2014will now be increased to <strong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"549\">Rs. 600<\/strong>. This change will affect millions of households, regardless of their gas consumption levels.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"691\"><strong data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"691\">Gas Prices Unchanged, But Bills to Rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"898\">While the <strong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"741\">unit price of gas remains the same<\/strong>, the revised fixed charges will result in a <strong data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"815\">higher total monthly bill<\/strong>, especially for low-usage households who previously paid minimal variable charges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1120\">Officials from the Ministry of Energy have clarified that this adjustment is aimed at <strong data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1044\">recovering system maintenance and infrastructure costs<\/strong>, which have risen significantly due to inflation and currency depreciation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1288\">The government believes this approach is more sustainable than raising per-unit gas prices, especially in light of IMF requirements to reduce energy sector subsidies.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1344\"><strong data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1344\">Public Concerns Grow Over Rising Utility Costs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1593\">The decision has drawn criticism from consumer rights groups, who argue that <strong data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1498\">increasing fixed charges disproportionately impacts low-income families<\/strong>, who typically use minimal gas but are now being forced to pay more regardless of consumption.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1753\">Experts warn that without reforms in the gas distribution and billing systems, such <strong data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1704\">revenue-based pricing<\/strong> models will continue to burden honest consumers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1755\" data-end=\"1954\">With electricity prices and petroleum levies also expected to rise in the upcoming fiscal quarter, <strong data-start=\"1854\" data-end=\"1901\">household utility expenses are set to surge<\/strong>, adding to inflationary pressure on common citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Starting July 1, domestic consumers in Pakistan will face a 50% hike in fixed charges on gas bills, even though the actual gas usage rates remain unchanged. According to a recent notification, the fixed monthly charge\u2014previously Rs. 400\u2014will now be increased to Rs. 600. This change will affect millions of households, regardless of their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2150,2148,2149],"class_list":["post-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-fixedcharges","tag-gasbills","tag-utilityhike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430","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=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}