{"id":104907,"date":"2026-03-23T23:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=104907"},"modified":"2026-03-23T23:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:45:48","slug":"petroleum-prices-relief-president-zardari-orders-govt-to-reduce-burden-on-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/petroleum-prices-relief-president-zardari-orders-govt-to-reduce-burden-on-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroleum Prices Relief: President Zardari Orders Govt to Reduce Burden on Public"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petroleum prices relief<\/strong> became a key focus after Asif Ali Zardari<\/span><\/span> directed the government to reduce the burden of fuel costs on citizens. He stressed that petroleum prices relief must remain a top priority in economic decisions.<\/p>\n

The president held a meeting at Bhutto House in Naudero with Mohsin Naqvi<\/span><\/span>, Muhammad Aurangzeb<\/span><\/span>, and Ali Pervaiz Malik<\/span><\/span>. The ministers briefed him on the economic situation, energy sector updates, and steps taken after recent fuel price increases.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, petroleum prices relief remained central. The president instructed officials to design policies that give maximum relief to the public, especially in the current regional situation.<\/p>\n

Officials also reviewed law and order, the overall economic outlook, and the impact of fuel price changes. The interior minister shared details about ongoing counter-terrorism operations and border security matters. Regional tensions, including issues related to Pakistan<\/span><\/span> and Afghanistan<\/span><\/span>, were also discussed.<\/p>\n

The meeting was attended by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari<\/span><\/span>, Murad Ali Shah<\/span><\/span>, and other officials.<\/p>\n

Separately, Shehbaz Sharif<\/span><\/span> <\/a>reviewed the country\u2019s food stock situation in a meeting with Rana Tanveer Hussain<\/span><\/span>. The focus was on ensuring the availability of essential items across the country.<\/p>\n

The minister assured that food reserves are sufficient and informed the prime minister about progress in exporting food items to Gulf countries.<\/p>\n

Recently, fuel prices saw a sharp increase of Rs55 per litre due to global market pressures. The rise was linked to supply disruptions caused by tensions involving United States<\/span><\/span>, Israel<\/span><\/span>, and Iran<\/span><\/span>, pushing oil prices to a two-year high.<\/p>\n

However, the government later decided not to increase petroleum prices further despite continued pressure in international markets. Officials say petroleum prices relief remains under consideration to support the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Petroleum prices relief became a key focus after Asif Ali Zardari directed the government to reduce the burden of fuel costs on citizens. He stressed that petroleum prices relief must remain a top priority in economic decisions. The president held a meeting at Bhutto House in Naudero with Mohsin Naqvi, Muhammad Aurangzeb, and Ali Pervaiz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":104908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[621,6878,38405,35215,20961,38404,38406],"class_list":["post-104907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asif-ali-zardari","tag-pakistan-economy","tag-energy-sector-pakistan","tag-inflation-pakistan","tag-petrol-prices-pakistan","tag-petroleum-prices-relief","tag-shehbaz-sharif-food-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104909,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104907\/revisions\/104909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}