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Federal govt should use contingency funds for fuel relief: Hemnani

Pakistan Published 23 September 2026, 06:05 · archived 23 Sep 2026

KARACHI: Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev Hemnani has suggested that the federal government utilise the budgeted Rs430 billion contingency allocation to substantially expand fuel relief measures while also reducing the burden of the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL). He called upon the federal government to reduce the PDL target and deploy available contingency resources to provide broader relief from soaring fuel prices, saying the present Rs75 billion targeted package does not adequately address the wider inflationary impact of the fuel crisis. Relief for motorcycles, rickshaws and small...

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