Pakistan's government has cut the price of petrol by Rs1.70 per litre and high-speed diesel by Rs3.12 per litre, effective 23 September, bringing petrol to Rs392.05 and diesel to Rs418.96 per litre. Both fuels had hit record highs in early April — petrol at Rs458.41 and diesel at Rs520.35 — after prices surged following the outbreak of US-Iran hostilities in late February. The reductions offer modest relief to Pakistani consumers, particularly the middle and lower-middle classes who rely on petrol for private transport and feel the knock-on effects of diesel costs across freight and power generation.