Pakistan Bar Council urges govt to contain fuel price inflation, provide relief to citizens

Pakistan Bar Council urges govt to contain fuel cost inflation, provide relief to citizens.

Key points

• Nasir Iqbal Published September 17, 2026 Updated September 17, 2026 08: 57pm.
• On Sunday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had confirmed a "relief scheme" for owners of motorcycles, rickshaws and vehicles of up to 800cc.
• "The government must take concrete and immediate measures to control fuel price inflation and provide relief to ordinary citizens, " the resolution remarked.
• The session emphasised that the proposal for a "smart lockdown" was not a solution to the prevailing economic crisis.
• The participants remarked the daily increases had aggravated inflation and produced the cost of living unbearable for ordinary individuals, particularly those from the middle and lower-middle classes.

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ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Executive Committee and Rules Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday strongly condemned the unprecedented daily increases in fuel costs, demanding that the administration take measures to control the increases and provide relief to citizens.

Notably, the participants remarked the daily increases had aggravated inflation and produced the cost of living unbearable for ordinary individuals, particularly those from the middle and lower-middle classes.

For context, the joint session, presided over by PBC Vice Chairman Pir Muhammad Masood Chishti and PBC Executive Committee Chairman Munir Ahmed Malik, expressed concern in a resolution that the daily increases in fuel costs had caused widespread frustration and unrest among the public and adversely affected people's purchasing power.

In practice, the session demanded that the administration immediately withdraw unnecessary privileges, excessive packages, free fuel facilities, the unnecessary employ of official vehicles and other undue expenditures being enjoyed by ministers, administration authorities and other privileged persons.

Meanwhile, the session emphasised that the proposal for a "smart lockdown" was not a solution to the prevailing economic crisis.

"Such measures, if imposed, would further burden ordinary citizens, daily-wage earners and businesses." The PBC called upon the administration to take practical steps aimed at facilitating and providing relief to citizens.

While those owning vehicles of up to 800cc will receive the same subsidy on a monthly quota of 30 litres, under the scheme, owners of two- and three-wheeled vehicles will receive a subsidy of Rs100 per litre on a monthly quota of 20 litres.

Taken together, the developments around pakistan Bar Council urges govt to contain fuel price inflation, provide relief point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.