Despite a global decrease in oil prices, the federal government has decided to maintain the existing prices of petrol and diesel for the next 15 days.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced to keep the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel unchanged for the next 15 days. However, he announced a reduction of Rs10 per litre in the prices of kerosene oil and Rs7 on light diesel oil.

The current prices for petrol are Rs224.80 per litre and Rs235.30 for High-Speed Diesel (HSD).

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Furthermore, Dar also announced a 15-day extension in the filing of income tax returns.

On November 15, the finance minister announced to keep the prices of petrol, diesel, and other petroleum products unchanged. He said that the prices of petrol, diesel, light diesel and kerosene oil will remain unchanged till November 30 as per the federal government’s decision.