Towards petroleum pricing and subsidies.

Petroleum prices have been maintained at the status quo, but as it appears that it may not be possible to maintain the prices at the present level for long. GoP faces a dilemma; petroleum prices have already undergone a big rise in a year in the midst of a general inflation wherein food prices have also suffered due to food prices inflation in international market as well. It may be noted that petroleum prices in Pakistan are lower than in other developing countries which prompts the IMF to pressurize the government to increase petroleum prices. [Extracted from the article]