The price of LPG has been hiked by Rs. 50 per Kg by the All Pakistan Liquefied Petroleum (LPG) distributors due to the closure of Pak-Iran border because of coronavirus outbreak.
As per the details, the new price of LPG is Rs. 180 per Kg, up by Rs. 50 and the cost of an 11.8Kg domestic cylinder is now Rs. 2,680 with a hike of Rs. 500.
Irfan Khokhar, the LPG distributors’ spokesperson stated that the hike was down to the closure of Pak-Iran border.
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