Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the latest increase in petroleum prices is not linked to Pakistan’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the resumption of a loan facility. “A steep increase in gas prices in the international markets forced the government to take this step,” Mr Tarin said while addressing a press conference at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Friday evening. The Finance Division issued a notification in Islamabad on Saturday about the new petroleum prices. The notification endorsed the finance minister’s argument about a…
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