{
  "id": 1540207,
  "title": "Govt Increases Petrol and Diesel Prices Again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/govt-increases-petrol-and-diesel-prices-again",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T18:24:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/17/govt-increases-petrol-and-diesel-prices-again-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The federal government has announced a 5.77 rupee per litre increase in the price of petrol and a 6.47 rupee increase in diesel prices for the next 24 hours, according to the latest update by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority. This price revision will remain in effect until Tuesday. On Thursday, petrol and diesel prices will return to Rs. 325.43 and Rs. 383.95 per litre, respectively. Daily revisions since the beginning of fuel rates updates show that petrol prices have risen by Rs. 18.9 per litre and diesel prices by Rs. 60.91 per litre. Starting from August 17, Monday, petrol was priced at Rs. 331.2 per litre and diesel at Rs. 390.42 per litre. The following Wednesday, August 12, petrol decreased to Rs. 324.98 per litre and diesel to Rs. 382.79 per litre. On Tuesday, August 11, petrol increased again to Rs. 325.92 per litre and diesel to Rs. 382.25 per litre. The price of petrol remained unchanged at Rs. 327.62 per litre on Monday, August 10, while diesel prices were at Rs. 380.86 per litre. On Friday, July 7, the prices were both Rs. 327.62 per litre. Throughout the week of July 6-5, petrol prices were Rs. 329.82 and Rs. 383.36 per litre, respectively, while diesel prices were the same at Rs. 383.36 per litre.",
  "summary": "The federal government has decided to increase the prices of both motor spirit (MS) petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) for … Read More The post Govt Increases Petrol and Diesel Prices Again appeared first on ProPakistani .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}