{"id":95198,"date":"2026-10-31T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/95198"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:01:43","slug":"pakistanis-face-fresh-inflation-as-ogra-hikes-lpg-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/95198","title":{"rendered":"Pakistanis face fresh inflation as OGRA hikes LPG prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,0\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: People in Pakistan\u2014already burdened by inflation in the wake of the US-Iran war scenario\u2014were hit with another price hike on Saturday as the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) increased by Rs 14.73 per kg, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) released a notification on Saturday regarding LPG prices for November.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,2\">Following the increase of Rs 14.73, the new price of LPG has been fixed at Rs 294.70 per kg.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LPG Price Increased by Rs 14.73 Per Kilogram | Breaking News\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6i3wYfcS-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3,3\">The price of a domestic LPG cylinder has also risen by Rs 173.86, bringing the new rate to Rs 3,470.90.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price has soared to Rs. 550 per KG, almost double of the Rs. 279.34 per kilo rate fixed by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA).<\/p>\n<p>The mafia in the LPG sector fleecing consumers with inflated rates by jacking price of the fuel. A difference between the government fixed rate and the artificially engineered the market price of the LPG.<\/p>\n<p>LPG Distributors Association Chairman Irfan Khokhar has said that the LPG companies charging inflated rates adding that the increased demand of the fuel being used for illegal profiteering. \u201cThere are countrywide reports of selling LPG between Rs 500 to 600 per kilogram,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The prices are apprehended to soar further with disruption in the supply, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow could the market will stabilize if the government rates of the fule not implemented,\u201d he said. He demanded curbing the alleged black-marketing of LPG and holding the people behind it, accountable.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention here that after the gas loadshedding, skyrocketing LPG prices have added further burden over the consumers as the fuel prices have hit hard to the low-income households with soaring cost of living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pakistanis-face-fresh-inflation-as-ogra-hikes-lpg-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: People in Pakistan\u2014already burdened by inflation in the wake of the US-Iran war scenario\u2014were hit with another price hike on Saturday as the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) increased by Rs 14.73 per kg, ARY News reported. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) released a notification on Saturday regarding LPG prices for November. 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