Pakistan’s Finance ministry projected on Tuesday the benchmark CPI inflation reading in the range of 11-12% in June 2026 amid declining oil prices in the wake of easing geopolitical tensions. The headline inflation clocked in at 11.7% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in May 2026, which was the highest reading since June 2024, according to Arif Habib Limited (AHL). In its Monthly Economic Update
President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Muhammad Ikram Rajput, has urged the government to seriously examine the possibility of importing low-cost oil and gas from Iran through local currency transactions, saying such a move could help meet the country’s energy needs at lower cost, ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves, and strengthen the national economy. Rajput
The Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has completed drilling of the Chak 63-05 development well in the Chak 63 Development and Production Lease (D&PL), located in Sanghar district, Sindh. During production testing through a 32/64-inch choke, Chak 63-05 produced 600 barrels of condensate per day (BPD) and 10.5 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) at a wellhead flowing
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Tuesday reduced liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices for July. The price of an 11.8kg domestic LPG cylinder has been cut by Rs794.50, bringing the new price down to Rs2,848.91 for the month. “The LPG producer price is linked with Saudi Aramco-CP and the US dollar exchange rate. As compared to the previous month, Saudi Aramco-CP has decreased by 25.
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday but were headed for their biggest monthly and quarterly losses since the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with investors eyeing potential US-Iran talks in Doha amid a strained interim ceasefire in the four-month-long war. Brent futures fell 13 cents, or 0.2 percent, to USD 73.02 a barrel at 12:34 p.m. EDT (1634 GMT), while US West Texas Intermediate (WT