

2 min readJul 22, 2026 10:23 AM IST
The All Pakistan Petrol Pumps Owners Association (APPPOA) has declared on a nationwide strike from Wednesday night after talks over daily petroleum pricing with the government failed.
Following a meeting with the government’s team, led by Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik, on Tuesday, APPPOA representatives said that their hour-long negotiations over the fuel pricing mechanism had “failed” to reach an agreement prompting them to go on an indefinite strike.
APPPOA Vice Chairman Nauman Ali Butt said the government’s decision to revise petroleum prices on a daily basis was “unacceptable to petrol pump dealers and unworkable”.
He said their core demand was that the fuel prices should be revised on a monthly basis. Their long-pending demand for an increase in the commission of dealers was also not met yet, with the commission staying frozen for the past three years, he said.
Highlighting the financial challenges the pump owners are facing, APPPOA Chairman Humayun Khan said, “The daily pricing mechanism created confusion and destroyed our businesses already running at thin margins,” he said, alleging that the daily mechanism favoured oil marketing companies (OMCs) who could delay deliveries in case of falling prices and book upliftment with advance billing.
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