The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association has announced that petrol pumps across Pakistan will remain closed from March 27 if its demands are not met.
Addressing a press conference, association leaders Abdul Sami Khan, Amir Khan Mehsud and Tariq Hassan said the government had increased fuel prices in a manner that benefited oil marketing companies by billions of rupees while ignoring the dealers margins.
Amir Khan Mehsud, president of the association’s Sindh chapter, warned that if dealers margins were not increased immediately, fuel supply would be halted from the night of March 26.
We cannot continue running our businesses at a loss, he said.
Another leader, Abdul Sami Khan, took a strong stance, saying the dealers would no longer rely solely on negotiations with the government and were prepared to resist.
He added that continuous increases in fuel prices and petroleum levy had created serious difficulties for both the public and fuel dealers.
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