Petrol pumps across Pakistan set for nationwide strike after pricing talks fail

2 min readUpdated: Jul 22, 2026 10:29 AM IST

The All Pakistan Petrol Pumps Owners Association (APPPOA) has declared a nationwide strike from Wednesday night after talks over daily petroleum pricing with the government failed, Pakistani newspaper The Dawn reported.

Following a meeting with the government’s team, led by Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik, on Tuesday, APPPOA representatives said that their hour-long negotiations over the fuel pricing mechanism had “failed” to reach an agreement, prompting them to go on an indefinite strike.

APPPOA Vice Chairman Nauman Ali Butt said the government’s decision to revise petroleum prices daily was “unacceptable to petrol pump dealers and unworkable”, reported The Dawn.

He said their core demand was that the fuel prices should be revised on a monthly basis. Their long-pending demand for an increase in the commission of dealers has also not been met, with the commission staying frozen for the past three years, he said.

APPPOA Chairman Humayun Khan highlighted the financial challenges the pump owners are facing, and alleged that the daily mechanism favoured oil marketing companies (OMCs) who could delay deliveries in case of falling prices and book upliftment with advance billing. “The daily pricing mechanism created confusion and destroyed our businesses already running at thin margins,” The Dawn quoted him as saying.

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