AIRLINK 198.72 Increased By ▲ 0.75 (0.38%)
BOP 10.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.1%)
CNERGY 7.30 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.14%)
FCCL 36.51 Increased By ▲ 0.51 (1.42%)
FFL 17.00 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (0.53%)
FLYNG 25.50 Increased By ▲ 0.46 (1.84%)
HUBC 135.50 Increased By ▲ 1.47 (1.1%)
HUMNL 14.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.64%)
KEL 4.78 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KOSM 6.91 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.43%)
MLCF 45.35 Increased By ▲ 0.37 (0.82%)
OGDC 218.70 Increased By ▲ 0.47 (0.22%)
PACE 6.94 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PAEL 41.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.05%)
PIAHCLA 16.87 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.06%)
PIBTL 8.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.12%)
POWER 9.54 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (1.6%)
PPL 184.97 Decreased By ▼ -0.96 (-0.52%)
PRL 41.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.05%)
PTC 25.10 Increased By ▲ 0.33 (1.33%)
SEARL 103.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.85 (-0.81%)
SILK 1.03 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (1.98%)
SSGC 40.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.46 (-1.12%)
SYM 17.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-0.94%)
TELE 8.94 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.34%)
TPLP 12.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.31%)
TRG 67.25 Increased By ▲ 0.65 (0.98%)
WAVESAPP 11.42 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.06%)
WTL 1.79 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.56%)
YOUW 4.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 12,091 Decreased By -18.8 (-0.16%)
BR30 36,578 Decreased By -19.7 (-0.05%)
KSE100 115,181 Increased By 138.7 (0.12%)
KSE30 36,225 Increased By 25.6 (0.07%)

KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI) president Sheikh Umer Rehan has condemned historic hike of petroleum prices and termed this decision of federal government as setback to industry and common people.

He said during the pandemic relief initiatives were expected from the government but it went otherwise. He said the new wave of price hikes for commodities will make the current situation worse and government has no capacity to cop up the fall back of this decision.

He urged government to reduce taxes as levy on petroleum products to provide relief to countrymen.

Leader of business community and former FPCCI president S M Muneer noted that common people never get the benefits of oil price reduction made earlier this month but increase in the price would prove a 'price hike bomb' for them.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

Comments

Comments are closed.