There is an alleged shortage of petrol in various cities of Punjab and most of the petrol pumps are closed.
According to reports, most of the petrol pumps are closed in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha. Most of the petrol pumps are closed for sale of petroleum products while the few open petrol pumps have long queues of vehicles.
A few petrol pumps are also open in Shakargarh, Khushab, Gojra, Mandi Bahauddin. Citizens say that the petrol pumps which are open are providing Rs 200 petrol to motorcyclists, Rs 500 petrol to car owners.
Petrol pump owners say that the delivery of petroleum products by petroleum dealers is decreasing.
It should be noted that even before February 1, there was an artificial shortage of petrol in most of the cities of Punjab, but this artificial shortage ended immediately after the announcement of the increase in the prices of petroleum products by the Finance Minister.
