Petroleum Dealers Announce Nationwide Strike

Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has announced a nationwide strike on July 17 and demanded the government fix the dealers’ margin by 6%.

The petrol dealers threatened to observe a nationwide strike on July 18 if the government fails to fulfil their demand of fixing the dealer margin at 6%.

The association said that the minimum wage of an employee has reached Rs25,000 and prices of other commodities were also increased. The dealers said that the margin should be increased up to 6% due to the increase in the expenditures.