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LAHORE: The gas mafia has arbitrarily increased the price of LPG by Rs 20 per kg. According to Irfan Khokhar, Chairman of the LPG Distributors Association, LPG has reached Rs 300 per kg while the price of a domestic cylinder has increased by Rs 240.
LPG started selling in black for Rs 3600 while the official price is 2702. Also, the commercial cylinder price hit Rs 13500 in black.
Even in the holy month of Ramadan, LPG looting has reached its peak, gas is being sold at Rs 320 per kg in remote hilly areas and villages, and Rs 350 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Irfan Khokhar has announced a nationwide protest against the gas mafia. He said that all district presidents should protest outside the deputy commissioner’s office in their respective districts and all district presidents should complain to their DC about expensive gas.
