Pakistan's government on Thursday drastically raised fuel prices in response to spiking global energy prices caused by the Iran war, the country's petroleum minister said in a press conference.
The new prices mark an increase of 42.7 percent in petrol prices and 54.9 percent in the price of diesel.
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