Govt raises petroleum dealers’ margin to Rs9.98 per litre

• PPDA calls off nationwide strike planned from today• Higher margin to take effect from Sept 1 ISLAMABAD: In a move aimed at averting a nationwide strike by petroleum dealers, the Economic Coordination Com­mittee (ECC) of the federal cabinet on Friday approved a 15.5 per cent increase in dealers’ margins on both petrol and high-speed diesel, following which the dealers called off their protest planned from Saturday. The decision raises the dealers’ margin on both fuels by Rs1.34 per litre, from...