{"id":22358,"date":"2026-06-19T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22358"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:22:07","slug":"prime-minister-announces-significant-reduction-in-petroleum-prices-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22358","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Announces Significant Reduction in Petroleum Prices Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that the government will significantly reduce petroleum prices today, passing on the benefits of lower global oil prices to the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the National Assembly, the Prime Minister said the government had promised to transfer any relief resulting from declining international oil prices directly to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that global oil prices had surged during recent regional tensions but have fallen sharply following the ceasefire, with further declines expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shehbaz Sharif, improved regional stability is expected to support economic growth and bring greater stability to international energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister also stated that Pakistan&#8217;s standing in the international community has strengthened and credited national unity for recent diplomatic achievements.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that he recently spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who expressed appreciation for Pakistan&#8217;s role in regional diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif also acknowledged the contributions of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the government&#8217;s objective is not political credit but ensuring relief and benefits for the people of Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that the government will significantly reduce petroleum prices today, passing on the benefits of lower global oil prices to the public. Addressing the National Assembly, the Prime Minister said the government had promised to transfer any relief resulting from declining international oil prices directly to consumers. He noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[1714,211,4925,4418,1365,170,674,130,6467,62,210,4777,12504,8893,1634],"class_list":["post-22358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-asim-munir","tag-diesel","tag-economic-growth","tag-energy","tag-global-market","tag-ishaq-dar","tag-mohsin-naqvi","tag-national-assembly","tag-oil-prices","tag-pakistan","tag-petrol","tag-petroleum-prices","tag-price-cut","tag-public-relief","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22360,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22358\/revisions\/22360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}