UHRCP files plea challenging hike in petroleum, CNG prices

KARACHI: United Human Rights Council Pakistan (UHRCP) has filed a petition challenging the recent increase in the prices of petroleum products and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

The petition was heard by Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shafi Siddiqui at the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.

In the petition, the UHRCP has appealed to the court to declare the decision of the federal government, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) of increasing prices as illegal, being uninformed.

The bench put the Ministry of Petroleum and Ogra on notice for an unspecified date.

The UHRCP’s representative present before the court, Rana Faizul Hasan, while referring to different articles of the Constitution of Pakistan, maintained that unless a money bill is laid before parliament, such a decision could not be taken by the government as such decisions amount to “mini budget”.