{"id":47169,"date":"2026-04-10T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47169"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:04:26","slug":"pm-shehbaz-announces-rs12-cut-in-petrol-price-rs135-cut-in-diesel-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47169","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz announces Rs12 cut in petrol price, Rs135 cut in diesel price"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a reduction of Rs135 per litre in the price of high-speed diesel and a cut of Rs12 per litre for petrol.<\/p>\n

Addressing the nation late on Friday night, the prime minister said he was speaking \u201cat such a historic moment when, by the grace of Allah, there is talk of peace in the Middle East instead of war,\u201d and that parties which \u201cwere until yesterday facing each other in war, and the region presenting a scene of devastation, are now ready to resolve the crisis through talks.\u201d<\/p>\n

He thanked the Iranian and United States leadership for accepting his offer and agreeing not only to a temporary ceasefire but also coming to Islamabad on his invitation, where he said dialogues would be held to establish peace.<\/p>\n

He categorically thanked Field Marshal Asim Munir and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar for playing a key and historic role in extinguishing the flames of war and persuading the parties to agree to negotiations. \u201cIn this regard, Field Marshal Asim Munir\u2019s services will be remembered in history in golden words,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said that a temporary ceasefire had been announced, but a more difficult phase now lay ahead \u2014 a lasting ceasefire and resolving the outstanding issues through negotiations \u2014 calling it a \u201cmake or break\u201d situation. He appealed to the public to pray that Allah, in His infinite mercy, may make these negotiations successful, saying this would save many innocent lives and help establish peace in the world.<\/p>\n

He added that the leadership of both countries would be present in Islamabad the following day, and that the Pakistani leadership would make every possible sincere effort to ensure the success of the talks, leaving the outcome to Allah Almighty.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this purpose, the leadership of both countries will be present in Islamabad the following day, and the Pakistani leadership will make every possible sincere effort to ensure the success of these talks,” he said, while adding that the outcome of the talks is left to Allah Almighty.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this purpose, the leadership of both countries will be present in Islamabad the following day, and the Pakistani leadership will make every possible sincere effort to ensure the success of these talks,\u201d he said, adding that the outcome of the talks would be left to Allah Almighty.<\/p>\n

Last month, the government increased the prices of petroleum products by Rs55 per litre, citing a rise in international market rates amid the US-Iran war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Officials said that for the next three weeks, the government refrained from further price increases, with the prime minister bearing the brunt of the adjustment by providing a subsidy of Rs129 billion.<\/p>\n

However, on April 2, the government raised the petrol price by Rs137 per litre, taking it to a record Rs458.4, while also increasing the price of high-speed diesel to Rs520.35 per litre \u2014 an increase of Rs185 per litre or 55 per cent.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the announcement, within 24 hours, PM Shehbaz reduced the petroleum levy on petrol by Rs80 per litre, bringing the petrol price down to Rs378 per litre.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a reduction of Rs135 per litre in the price of high-speed diesel and a cut of Rs12 per litre for petrol. Addressing the nation late on Friday night, the prime minister said he was speaking \u201cat such a historic moment when, by the grace of Allah, there is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}