PakistanDiesel falls to Rs364 a litre, above the pre-war Rs281.
Diesel runs heavy transport and power plants, so its price reaches the whole public.
Taxes still take Rs100 a litre of diesel and Rs114 of petrol, and refineries absorb Rs15 billion of levy for 30 days.
Diesel peaked at Rs520.35 a litre on 3 April, and petrol at Rs458.41.
The government and Jamaat-i-Islami are still negotiating relief on petroleum prices.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- details the refinery-funded Rs15 billion levy offset and Jamaat-i-Islami talks, tying fuel relief to the Middle East war's price spike
Sources: Dawn