Lahore: The price of LPG has been increased by Rs 50 per kg.
According to Chairman LPG Distributors Association Irfan Khokhar, LPG marketing companies and plant mafia have started selling LPG at their own arbitrary price instead of the official price and unjustifiably increasing the price by Rs.50 per kg. have done.
He said that the blackmailing of LPG marketing companies is continuing and LPG is not available anywhere in the country at the official price. Ogra had fixed the price at Rs 234 60 paise, while gas is selling at Rs 280 to Rs 285 per kg in the market.
After the increase in the price of LPG, a domestic cylinder has become more expensive by Rs 600 and a commercial cylinder by Rs 2250. Domestic cylinders are being sold at Rs 3370 instead of the official price of Rs 2770. Similarly, the commercial cylinder is also being sold at 12435 instead of 10715.
He said that the government has knelt before the gas mafia. Black marketing will not stop until the government arrests the powerful LPG mafia.