The PDM Government has not added any new duty or duty to the cost. The cost of petroleum has gone up (and diesel has gone down) on the grounds that the expense paid by PSO in the past fortnight was more than the expense assessed by OGRA and furthermore on the grounds that the premium paid by PSO on petroleum expanded and premium paid on diesel stayed unaltered. Once more, not one paisa of new assessments or tolls was added.
Now, to understand, whether the petrol is 500 Rs per Litre or 50 Rs per Litre the distribution companies get a 3% back-end margin from which they extend dealer margins to the pump owners. Since this industry heavily relies on transport, in my opinion, transportation relief should be given to the distributors so they do not hike over the regulated prices from region to region and the rate should be the same all across Pakistan.
