lpg price up by rs 8 per kg

ISLAMABAD: Liquefied Petroleum Gas marketing companies have increased price of LPG by Rs 8 per kg following increase in import duty and its demand.Chairman LPG Distributions Association, Irfan Khokhar said price of domestic cylinder is hiked by Rs 100 and commercial cylinder by Rs 400.Khokhar said the new price of LPG in Karachi would be Rs 85 per kg with domestic cylinder at Rs970. In Lahore and Peshawar the price of LPG had been raised to Rs 90 per kg with domestic cylinder at Rs 1030 while in AJK Rawalpindi and Islamabad of LPG would available at Rs100 per kg with domestic cylinder at Rs 1150.In Northern area, the price has climbed to Rs120 per kg.He demanded of the government to abolish duties and taxes on import of LPG in order to encourage more its import for meeting local demand.