{"id":83228,"date":"2025-08-15T20:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=83228"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:30:36","slug":"check-expected-petrol-diesel-prices-in-pakistan-from-august-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/check-expected-petrol-diesel-prices-in-pakistan-from-august-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Check expected petrol, diesel prices in Pakistan from August 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The cost of high-speed diesel (HSD) is set to decline by Rs. 11.50 a litre, while <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/petrol-prices-likely-to-rise-again-from-august-16\/\">petrol rates<\/a> could increase slightly by Rs. 1.40 a litre for the fortnight beginning August 16, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to prevailing taxation rates, the HSD ex-depot price is expected to fall by approximately 4%, although final amounts will be subject to last-minute computation. Petrol, on the other hand, is expected to increase by some 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks, global petrol prices increased by 15 cents per barrel, while diesel prices fell by $4.5 per barrel. Moreover, the rupee also appreciated marginally against the US dollar, giving some respite to the consumers of diesel.<\/p>\n<p>Petrol&#8217;s ex-depot price is now at Rs. 264.61 per litre, after a Rs. 7.54 per litre decrease on August 1. This follows a cumulative hike of Rs. 20 per litre in the last four fortnights since May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Petrol is extensively used in private cars, motorcycles, rickshaws, and small automobiles and has a direct bearing on the expenses of middle- and lower-middle-class families.<\/p>\n<p>HSD, however, retails for Rs. 285.83 a litre following a sharp Rs. 27 a litre increase since mid-May despite a small Rs. 1.48 a litre reduction earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from HSD, kerosene and light diesel oil (LDO) rates also stand to fall by Rs. 6 and Rs. 7 a litre, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The cost of high-speed diesel (HSD) is set to decline by Rs. 11.50 a litre, while petrol rates could increase slightly by Rs. 1.40 a litre for the fortnight beginning August 16, according to sources. According to prevailing taxation rates, the HSD ex-depot price is expected to fall by approximately 4%, although final amounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":41461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[30718,30717,12685],"class_list":["post-83228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-expected-petrol-prices-in-pakistan","tag-expected-petrol-rates","tag-petrol-prices-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83229,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83228\/revisions\/83229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}