Petrol Rs 346, Diesel Rs 378 a Litre in Pakistan From 7 November

This is the fifth cut in a row for both fuels. Petrol is down Rs 31.91 and diesel Rs 24.96 since 31 October. The full working for today is in the 7 November petrol price. Prices normally move every working day, so the OGRA sheet is always newer than this page.

On the 7 November sheet, levies and customs come to about Rs 96.33 on a litre of petrol and Rs 100.68 on diesel. That is around 28 per cent of the petrol price and 27 per cent of the diesel price, by our arithmetic. Sales tax is zero on both. The same sheet added a rounding line, so both prices are now whole rupees.

Every October price is in the October list of OGRA daily prices. Our older record from August and early September is below. It was taken from reports at the time, not from OGRA sheets, and it stops on 3 September.

On 20 August diesel fell Rs 32.63 in one day after refineries agreed to a cut, which we explain in the Rs 32.63 diesel cut and who paid for it.

Since 17 July 2026, OGRA revises ex depot petroleum prices every 24 hours, calculates them itself, and publishes them on its own website without waiting for the prime minister to approve anything. The fortnightly announcement that half the country planned its tank around no longer exists.

The 13 and 14 August figures are worked back from the announced changes against the rate notified that day, which is why they carry paisa level detail. Days between 6 and 13 August also moved, each one revised on the same daily cycle.

So use this page to understand the system, and use OGRA's sheet for the price.

Where to get today's real price

We opened ogra.org.pk and confirmed it: the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, established by the federal government on 28 March 2002, now carries a Daily Fuel Prices section with two parts, Price Publication and Platts Data. The price publications page lists one PDF sheet for each effective date, newest first. Each sheet shows the whole price, line by line.

That second one is the useful one and it is new. OGRA has been directed to publish the daily Platts assessments it prices from, for MS 92 RON petrol and HSD 10 ppm diesel, so anyone can compare the international benchmark against the domestic pump rate instead of taking the calculation on trust.

One warning. Lookalike sites with similar addresses rank well for these searches and are not the regulator. The regulator is on ogra.org.pk. If you are checking a price you intend to act on, check the address first.

What actually changed in July

Two dates get quoted for this and they are not in conflict. OGRA began publishing daily Platts reference prices from 1 July 2026. The daily revision of actual ex depot prices took effect from 17 July 2026. The calculation itself uses a seven day rolling average of international prices, plus freight and the exchange rate, so a single day's spike does not land on the pump in full.

The weekend rule nobody mentions

A sheet effective on a Saturday holds through Sunday and Monday. Daily pricing is daily on working days. OGRA's list shows this again this month: a sheet for 31 October, a Saturday, and the next one for 3 November, a Tuesday.

This is the one piece of predictability left in the system, and it is worth knowing for a practical reason: if a Saturday price is a good one, it is good for three days, and if it is a bad one, you are stuck with it for three days too.

What OGRA still cannot do on its own

The autonomy has limits, and they are the limits that decide most of what you pay.

The petroleum levy cannot exceed the ceiling approved by the federal cabinet, and any change to the levy rate requires approval from the Finance Division. OGRA moves the price with the market. It does not set the tax, and the tax is the part of the pump price that policy actually controls.

That distinction is the whole reason a falling international price so often fails to show up at the pump, which we went through in detail in why petrol prices do not fall when oil does, and it is the mechanism behind the dynamic petroleum levy agreed with the IMF.

Imports changed too, quietly

Alongside the pricing change, high speed diesel imports now route exclusively through Pakistan State Oil, while oil marketing companies may import petrol in line with their market shares.

That is a structural change hiding inside a pricing announcement. Concentrating diesel imports in one state buyer affects who carries the currency risk and who has leverage over supply, and diesel is the fuel that moves freight, farm equipment and public transport. It belongs in the same conversation as the digital fuel tracking system ordered around the same time.

What daily pricing changes for you

• Queueing before a rise no longer works. There is no announced date to queue before.
• Changes are usually smaller, but not always. Most revisions are paisas. Then diesel rose Rs 11.74 across 18 and 19 August and fell Rs 32.63 on 20 August. The fortnightly shock has not been abolished, only made less predictable about when it arrives.
• Quoted prices need a fuel clause. If you haul, deliver or drive for a platform, a fare quoted on Monday's fuel cost is exposed by Wednesday.
• Any price in an article is history. Including the one at the top of this page.

For households the change is mildly good. Smaller movements, no fortnightly queue. For anyone who prices work in advance, it is worse, because a cost that used to be fixed for two weeks now has to be absorbed daily, and small operators absorb it out of their own margin.

Why diesel still costs more than petrol

Rs 378 against Rs 346 is a gap of Rs 32 a litre. It was about Rs 61 on 19 August, so it can move a long way in a short time. On the 7 November sheet the main difference is the cost of the fuel itself: Rs 253.97 a litre for diesel before Pakistani charges, against Rs 222.18 for petrol. The petroleum levy rate is Rs 80 on both, though Rs 14.71 of the petrol levy is paid through refineries, so Rs 65.29 is charged at the pump.

This is why the diesel number matters even if you drive a petrol car. Diesel sets the cost of moving vegetables to your market. A petrol change reaches people who buy petrol; a diesel change reaches your grocery bill within weeks.

How to keep track from here

1. Bookmark OGRA's Daily Fuel Prices page on ogra.org.pk. It is the only definitionally correct source.
2. Check the domain before trusting a price. The lookalikes rank well.
3. Stop planning a tank fill around an announcement. There is no announcement.
4. Treat any figure older than a few days as history, including ours.

Some outlets are still describing fuel prices as being set by periodic government review. That was true until mid July. It is not how the system works now, and the gap between the two descriptions is where people get caught out.

Our pieces on the targeted fuel subsidy under consideration, the fuel quota app and the Rs 458 peak and bike subsidy cover what else is moving around petroleum pricing.

What sits behind the number

The price on the board is mostly not the cost of fuel, and three pieces explain the parts of it.

The state collected Rs 1.567 trillion in petroleum levy last year, up 29 per cent and above both its original and revised targets. That is the single biggest reason the pump price does not track the international market.

Refining capacity is the other half of the supply picture, and the policy meant to expand it is covered in the refining policy amendments.

When dealers stop selling, the question is which pumps still serve. A dealers' association strike does not bind company operated sites, which we explain in which pumps stay open during a strike.

Questions readers are asking

What is the petrol price in Pakistan today?

Rs 346 a litre and diesel Rs 378, effective 7 November 2026. Prices are normally revised every working day, so check OGRA's Daily Fuel Prices page on ogra.org.pk for the current figure rather than any article.

When did Pakistan switch to daily fuel pricing?

Daily revision of ex depot prices took effect from 17 July 2026. OGRA began publishing daily Platts reference prices from 1 July 2026.

Do petrol prices change on weekends?

Usually not. A sheet effective on Saturday stays in force on Sunday and Monday, and the next one is dated Tuesday.

Who sets the petrol price in Pakistan now?

OGRA calculates and publishes ex depot prices daily without prior approval from the federal government or the prime minister, and informs the DG Oil office. The petroleum levy stays within the cabinet approved ceiling and any change to it needs Finance Division approval. That describes the mechanism, and 20 August showed its limits: a Rs 32.63 cut in diesel came from the Prime Minister instructing a minister to negotiate with refineries, not from the formula.

Where can I see the official rate?

On ogra.org.pk, under Daily Fuel Prices, which has both a price publication and the daily Platts data the prices are calculated from. Check the address: lookalike sites are not the regulator.

Why is diesel dearer than petrol?

We used to say it was the levy. That stopped working on 20 August, when the diesel levy reached Rs 80 and matched petrol. On the 7 November sheet the fuel itself costs Rs 31.79 a litre more for diesel, before Pakistani charges. Diesel movements still feed into food and freight prices in a way petrol movements do not.

How we checked today

On 7 November 2026 we read OGRA's price publications page and the PDF sheets dated 31 October and 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 November. The prices at the top come from those sheets. The levy and customs totals and the percentages are our arithmetic from the 7 November sheet.

The table for 4 August to 3 September was built at the time from reports, because we could not then read retail prices on OGRA's site. We did not re-read those dates, and days between 6 and 13 August are missing. We have not said why OGRA added the rounding line, because its sheet gives no reason.