Pakistanis forced to buy expensive LPG

KARACHI: The LPG price in the country is Rs10 to 34 ahead of the gas price in the international market.

According to the industry sources, the price of the imported LPG is Rs76/kg at Karachi Port.

The sources said the gas is being sold at Rs90/kg in Lahore, Rs100 in Peshawar, Rs105 in Murree and the Gilgit people are buying the gas at Rs110/kg.

The sources said the local production price of gas rocketed from Rs17 to 75 per tonne during the last four years in the country and a case in this connection is being heard in the Supreme Court (SC).

He also informed that 95 percent LPG is indigenously prepared; but, its sale on the international prices is injustice to the people.