{"id":112042,"date":"2026-05-10T15:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=112042"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:26:34","slug":"govt-hikes-petroleum-levy-to-meet-imf-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-hikes-petroleum-levy-to-meet-imf-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt hikes petroleum levy to meet IMF condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has further increased the burden of petroleum levy on citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The government has increased the levy on petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs 13.91 per liter, fulfilling the condition of the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-likely-to-receive-over-1-2-billion-from-imf-after-key-meeting-on-may-8\/\"> International Monetary Fund<\/a> (IMF).<\/p>\n<p>The levy on petrol has been set at Rs 117.41 per liter and on high-speed diesel at Rs 42.60 per liter.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, after the increase, the petroleum levy on petrol has been increased from Rs 103.50 to Rs 117.41 per liter, while the levy on high-speed diesel has been increased from Rs 28.69 to Rs 42.60 per liter.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say that the government has also fulfilled the condition of imposing a total petroleum levy of Rs 160 per liter on both petrol and high-speed diesel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has further increased the burden of petroleum levy on citizens. The government has increased the levy on petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs 13.91 per liter, fulfilling the condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The levy on petrol has been set at Rs 117.41 per liter and on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":104871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1247,160],"class_list":["post-112042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-international-monetary-fund","tag-imf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112042","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112043,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112042\/revisions\/112043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}