Pakistan petrol dealers to shut pumps from August 15
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Petroleum dealers in Pakistan announced a nationwide closure of petrol pumps from August 15 after issuing a 72-hour ultimatum demanding an eight percent dealer profit margin, association chairman Malik Khuda Baksh said. The association said pressure from about 14,000 members drove the action and warned pumps will remain shut until authorities accept the demand. Dealers had earlier given the government two weeks to respond, and an APPPOA postponement on July 22 followed ministerial assurances. Pakistan's petroleum minister has also moved fuel pricing to daily publication by Ogra amid international price volatility, a change that intersects with dealers' margin demands.
Dealers will close petrol pumps nationwide from August 15
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Dealers set a two-week deadline that has expired. They had earlier postponed a planned…
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