{"id":3383,"date":"2026-08-18T12:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:51:04","slug":"petrol-and-diesel-prices-increase-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/petrol-and-diesel-prices-increase-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol and Diesel Prices Increase in Pakistan From August 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government has increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel in Pakistan under the revised petroleum pricing mechanism, effective <\/span><b>August 18, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petrol has gone up by <\/span><b>Rs5.77 per litre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, increasing from <\/span><b>Rs325.43 to Rs331.20 per litre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) has risen by <\/span><b>Rs6.47 per litre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from <\/span><b>Rs383.95 to Rs390.42 per litre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>New Petrol and Diesel Prices<\/b><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Fuel<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Previous Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>New Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Increase<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petrol<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs325.43\/litre<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs331.20\/litre<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs5.77<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-Speed Diesel<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs383.95\/litre<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs390.42\/litre<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs6.47<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The revised fuel prices are effective from <\/span><b>August 18, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and will remain applicable under the government\u2019s latest pricing mechanism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay updated with the latest fuel prices and automotive news in Pakistan with <span style=\"color: #0078ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0078ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/\"><strong>Wise Wheels blogs<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, your trusted source for timely updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel in Pakistan under the revised petroleum pricing mechanism, effective August 18, 2026. Petrol has gone up by Rs5.77 per litre, increasing from Rs325.43 to Rs331.20 per litre. Meanwhile, the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) has risen by Rs6.47 per litre, from Rs383.95 to Rs390.42 &#8230; <a title=\"Petrol and Diesel Prices Increase in Pakistan From August 18, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/petrol-and-diesel-prices-increase-in-pakistan\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Petrol and Diesel Prices Increase in Pakistan From August 18, 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[375,1020,76],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-petrol-and-diesel-prices","tag-petrol-and-diesel-prices-increase","tag-wise-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3458,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions\/3458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewheels.com.pk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}