{"id":62826,"date":"2026-08-14T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/62826"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:44:26","slug":"petrol-dealers-call-off-nationwide-strike-after-govt-offers-margin-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/62826","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Petrol dealers call off nationwide strike after govt offers margin hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in Pakistan has approved an increase in the dealers\u2019 margin on petrol and diesel by Rs.1.34 per litre, in a move aimed at addressing demands from fuel station operators.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The dealers\u2019 margin has been raised from <strong>Rs.8.64 to Rs.9.98 per litre<\/strong>, with the decision taking effect immediately, according to the government.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has been briefed on the decision and he backed the increase.<\/p>\n<p>The ECC meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and was held virtually at the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Following the government\u2019s assurance, the Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association postponed a nationwide strike planned for 15 August 2026. The association said petrol stations across the country would remain open on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/petrol-dealers-call-off-nationwide-strike-after-govt-offers-margin-hike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in Pakistan has approved an increase in the dealers\u2019 margin on petrol and diesel by Rs.1.34 per litre, in a move aimed at addressing demands from fuel station operators. The dealers\u2019 margin has been raised from Rs.8.64 to Rs.9.98 per litre, with the decision taking effect immediately, according to the government. The Prime Minister of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":16,"label":"Pakistan"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-content\/uploads\/Margin-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"frkhokhar@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/author\/frkhokhargmail-com"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Pakistan","slug":"pakistan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"All about Pakistan","parent":0,"count":2710,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":2710,"category_description":"All about Pakistan","cat_name":"Pakistan","category_nicename":"pakistan","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62828,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62826\/revisions\/62828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}