ISLAMABAD: The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has asked the federal government to increase gas rates by up to 26pc to generate about Rs847.33bn during the current fiscal year.
In its two separate determinations forwarded to the federal government on Tuesday, the regulator said it worked out an increase of Rs142.45 per million British thermal units or MMBTU in the average price for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) consumers in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other northern areas.