Petroleum dealers to meet Musadik today

Petroleum dealers will meet Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Monday (today) for an agreement on increasing their profit margin. The dealers are seeking a bigger share in the petroleum revenue and had threatened to shut petrol stations across the country if their demands are not met. On Friday, the strike was deferred for two days after a meeting between the Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) officials and Mr Malik reached an agreement to increase the dealers’ profit margin. While talking to Dawn on Sunday, a PPDA member said their delegation was scheduled to meet the minister at 4pm on Monday. No petrol stations would be closed till the meeting and any further plan of action will be decided after the meeting’s outcome, the PPDA official said.