KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) on Sunday decided to call of shut down strike scheduled for July 18, 2022 on government’s assurance to increase the dealers’ margin.
PPDA on July 02, 2022 announced a complete shutdown of petrol pumps from July 18, 2022 in protest of rise in cost of doing business and falling dealers’ margin.
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The government has assured the petroleum dealers to increase dealers’ commission by 100 per cent. The government has agreed to increase the dealers’ commission from Rs3.5 to Rs7 per liter.
The government also assured the petroleum dealers to increase margin by Rs3.5 on petroleum products per liter. The government discussed that the procedure for increasing the dealers’ margin would be notified later.
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According to the sources, the government will increase the 50 percent of dealers’ margin on July 31, 2022 and the next 50 per cent would be increased on August 15, 2022.
