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title: "Government maintains petrol and diesel prices for three days"
description: "Most outlets reported that the government kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for three days, with a focus on the unchanged rates until Monday. The Nation and Dunya News both highlighted the decision to maintain current pricing, though Dunya News added a detail about dealers’ margin increasing and ending a planned strike, which was not mentioned in The Nation’s excerpt."
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# Government maintains petrol and diesel prices for three days

business · latest filing 15 Aug 2026, 5:58 PM PKT · 15 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the government kept petrol and diesel prices unchanged for three days, with a focus on the unchanged rates until Monday. The Nation and Dunya News both highlighted the decision to maintain current pricing, though Dunya News added a detail about dealers’ margin increasing and ending a planned strike, which was not mentioned in The Nation’s excerpt.

Full thread across outlets: [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices)

- Diesel: Rs383.95 for 15 Aug 2026 — 2 of 4 outlets published this figure — both agreed
- Petrol: Rs325.43 for 15 Aug 2026 — 2 of 4 outlets published this figure — both agreed

Figures as reported by Pakistani outlets. HarZaviya is not a price source.

## Same story from 4 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Aaj News (English)** — [Petrol and diesel prices unchanged until Aug 17](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330468001/petrol-and-diesel-prices-unchanged-until-aug-17) · 15 Aug 2026, 5:58 PM PKT
  > The federal government has decided to keep petroleum product prices unchanged for the next three days, with petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) rates to remain at their current levels until August 17. The Petroleum Division said on Saturday that no change would be made to petrol and diesel prices over the weekend. A fresh revision will be announced on August 18. According to a Petroleum Division...
- **The Nation** — [Government keeps petrol and diesel prices unchanged for three days](https://www.nation.com.pk/15-Aug-2026/government-keeps-petrol-diesel-prices-unchanged-three-days) · 15 Aug 2026, 4:49 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The federal government has decided to maintain the existing prices of petrol and high-speed diesel for the next three days, keeping the rates unchanged until Monday.
- **Dunya News** — [Govt keeps petrol, diesel prices unchanged for three days](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/968043-govt-keeps-petrol-diesel-prices-unchanged-for-three-days) · 15 Aug 2026, 11:14 AM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Pakistan has kept petrol at Rs325.43 and diesel at Rs383.95 per litre until Monday. Dealers’ margin has risen by Rs1.34 to Rs10 per litre, ending the planned strike.
- **Business Recorder** — [Petrol, diesel prices to remain unchanged till Monday](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434893/petrol-diesel-prices-to-remain-unchanged-till-monday) · 15 Aug 2026, 2:00 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Petrol and diesel prices will remain unchanged until Monday, the Petroleum Division said on Saturday. According to the Petroleum Division, there will be no change in the existing prices of petroleum products over the weekend. The current price of petrol stands at Rs325.43 per litre, while high-speed diesel is available at Rs383.95 per litre. “No price revision today by OGRA, being a gazetted ho...

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [Federal government reduces petrol and diesel prices for three-day period](https://harzaviya.com/stories/302-government-adjusts-petrol-and-diesel-prices-on-july-28) · 1 Aug 2026 · 11 outlets · 8 developments · 80% related
- [Government reduces petrol and diesel prices for three days from August 29](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4999-petrol-price-cut-by-re0-50-diesel-by-re0-19-per-litre) · 29 Aug 2026 · 12 outlets · 2 developments · 80% related
- [Government increases petrol and diesel prices on August 14](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2603-govt-keeps-petrol-diesel-prices-unchanged) · 14 Aug 2026 · 12 outlets · 4 developments · 80% related
- [Government adjusts petrol and diesel prices for three-day period](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5738-govt-increases-petrol-price-by-re0-77-decreases-diesel-s) · 5 Sep 2026 · 17 outlets · 5 developments · 78% related
- [Government increases petrol and diesel prices for three days](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3644-govt-increases-diesel-price-by-rs6-47-petrol-s-by-rs5-77-per) · 22 Aug 2026 · 10 outlets · 5 developments · 78% related

4 articles from 4 outlets, 15 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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