Tue, 21-Oct-2025

‘Price of petrol to be slashed by Rs 1.5 per litre,’ says Finance Minister

Petrol

Federal Finance Minister Hammad Azhar on Wednesday announced that the price of petrol will be slashed by Rs 1.5 per litre while the price of diesel will be slashed by Rs 3 per litre. According to the details, addressing a press conference today, Hammad Azhar said that, ‘After consultations with the Prime Minister Imran Khan, … Read more

Federal Cabinet Approves Ramadan Relief Package Worth Rs7.8 billion

Federal Cabinet Ramadan Relief Package

The federal cabinet has on Tuesday (today) approved the Ramadan Relief Package of Rs7.8 billion in order to facilitate the needy and poor across Pakistan.

The federal cabinet meeting took place in Islamabad with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair and it was attended by Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar and Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry.

Hammad Azhar, while addressing the media officials after the meeting, said that the sale of the Utility Stores Corporation is likely to touch 100 billion rupees this year and it is supposed that USC will earn some profit as well.

“Cabinet has also approved to run two urea small plants of private sectors from this month to meet the requirements of the farmers,” he added.

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