{"id":4528,"date":"2025-06-29T13:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2025-06-29T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:20:34","slug":"govt-set-to-hike-fixed-charges-in-gas-bills-by-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/29\/govt-set-to-hike-fixed-charges-in-gas-bills-by-50","title":{"rendered":"Govt Set to Hike Fixed Charges in Gas Bills by 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:24px] grow overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative h-full\">\n<div class=\"flex h-full flex-col overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges] @[84rem]\/thread:pt-(--header-height)\">\n<div class=\"@thread-xl\/thread:pt-header-height flex flex-col text-sm\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-30\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"09c2dc42-49a2-4e5f-a63d-f560479edbd4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4-1-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"522\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The federal government is preparing to increase fixed charges on domestic gas bills starting July 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"522\">This move follows a decision by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet to keep gas prices stable for households while adjusting fixed charges to recover infrastructure costs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"522\">According to the Petroleum Division\u2019s approved proposal, the fixed charges for domestic consumers will see a significant rise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"805\"><strong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"564\">Details of the Fixed Charge Increase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"805\">Consumers previously paying Rs. 400 will now be charged Rs. 600 monthly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"805\">Those with a fixed charge of Rs. 1,000 will see it raised to Rs. 1,500.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"805\">Similarly, consumers who were paying Rs. 2,000 will now pay Rs. 3,000 as fixed charges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1189\"><strong data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"838\">Impact and Approval Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1189\">The increase aims to help recover asset costs without raising per-unit gas prices for households.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1189\">The new fixed charges will be implemented once the federal cabinet gives final approval to the ECC\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1189\">This adjustment reflects the government\u2019s attempt to balance consumer protection with fiscal responsibility amid economic challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government is preparing to increase fixed charges on domestic gas bills starting July 1, 2025. This move follows a decision by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet to keep gas prices stable for households while adjusting fixed charges to recover infrastructure costs. According to the Petroleum Division\u2019s approved proposal, the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2191,2190,160,2192],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-charges","tag-gas","tag-headline","tag-increase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","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=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4530,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions\/4530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}