{"id":4934,"date":"2025-07-14T14:56:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:56:26","slug":"pakistan-faces-new-fuel-price-hike-amid-rising-global-oil-rates-inflation-concerns-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/pakistan-faces-new-fuel-price-hike-amid-rising-global-oil-rates-inflation-concerns-mount","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Faces New Fuel Price Hike Amid Rising Global Oil Rates, Inflation Concerns Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad: As international crude oil prices climb steadily, Pakistan is poised to witness a substantial rise in petrol and diesel prices within the next fortnight. Reports indicate that petrol prices may increase by as much as PKR 6.60 per liter, while high-speed diesel could go up by approximately PKR 5.27 per liter. Meanwhile, minor reductions in kerosene and light diesel prices have also been proposed.<\/p>\n<p>The Oil &amp; Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has forwarded its recommendations to the Prime Minister\u2019s office, awaiting final approval before implementation. The anticipated surge in fuel costs is expected to have a far-reaching impact, driving up transportation expenses and the cost of essential goods, thereby intensifying inflationary pressures across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Economic experts warn that without adequate relief measures, the price hike could severely strain the purchasing power of ordinary citizens, many of whom are already grappling with rising living costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Islamabad: As international crude oil prices climb steadily, Pakistan is poised to witness a substantial rise in petrol and diesel prices within the next fortnight. Reports indicate that petrol prices may increase by as much as PKR 6.60 per liter, while high-speed diesel could go up by approximately PKR 5.27 per liter. Meanwhile, minor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934","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=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}