One litre of petrol, drawn to scale from OGRA’s notification for .
Where your Rs 377.91 goes
OGRA prints 12 rupee lines for a litre of petrol. We group them by who gets the money.
The fuel, shipped to Pakistan
Rs 256.1167.77%
The price of the fuel abroad, shipping it to Karachi, and a small exchange-rate correction.
Cost and freightOGRA prints this as one figure: US$146.08 a barrel (Platts US$120.56 plus US$25.52 premium and freight, as OGRA prints them), at Rs 276.94 to the dollar. One barrel is 158.98 litres.
254.46
Incidentals
1.03
Ocean loss or gain
0.00
Exchange rate adjustment
0.62
Getting it to the pump
Rs 25.366.71%
Transport to your city, the oil company’s margin, and the petrol pump dealer’s commission.
Inland freight equalisation (IFEM): evens out the cost of moving fuel to depots
7.51
Oil marketing company (OMC) margin
7.87
Dealer commission
9.98
Government
Rs 96.4425.52%
The levy and duties that go to the government.
Customs duty
26.15
Petroleum levy
80.00
Petroleum levy through refineries: the part refineries hand over from their own sales
−14.71
Climate support levy
5.00
Sales tax
0.00
Customs duty is counted with the government, not with the cost of the fuel: the groups follow who gets the money. Every line as OGRA prints it
OGRA notifies one price for the whole country. Its inland freight equalisation margin, Rs 7.51 a litre on petrol today, evens out the cost of moving fuel to depots. The trip from the depot to each pump is extra.
Rs 377.91 a litre, in force from 12:00 am (midnight) PKT on 31 October 2026. Diesel is Rs 402.96. Kerosene oil is Rs 330.96, from 30 October 2026. Light diesel oil is Rs 275.24, from 30 October 2026.
How much tax is in a litre of petrol?
Rs 96.44 a litre goes to the government, 25.52% of the price: customs duty Rs 26.15, petroleum levy Rs 80.00, petroleum levy through refineries: the part refineries hand over from their own sales −Rs 14.71, climate support levy Rs 5.00, sales tax Rs 0.00.
How often does the price change?
OGRA can change it every day since 21 July 2026. In the 30 days to 31 October 2026, it published 22 notifications and the petrol price changed on 19 of them.
Where do these numbers come from?
From OGRA’s price notification for each day, kept as the original PDF. Pakistan State Oil (PSO) republishes the same price, and comparing the two catches any misreading of the PDF. Every day page links to its source.
Can I download this data?
Yes. Every price since 2006 is on the data page as CSV and JSON files, and through the API.
Know the new price before you reach the pump
New prices come late at night. We post each one as soon as we read it.