KARACHI: (HRNW) The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has postponed the countrywide strike of petrol pumps for two days after receiving a written assurance from the federal government.
State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik and the PPDA delegation held talks at the PSO headquarters after the PPDA’s strike call for demanding a hike in the dealers’ margin.
The talks remained inconclusive as the petroleum dealers rejected the state minister’s offer to hike the margin by Rs2.65 per litre while the dealers were demanding Rs5 per litre hike.
After the failure of negotiations, the state minister constituted a committee to review the dealers margin. The committee will finalise the dealers margin in 48 hours.
Musadik Malik and PPDA will hold another round of talks after two days. The dealers will announce their next strategy after reviewing the recommendations of the federal government’s committee.