Diesel Price in Pakistan Today 30 October 2026: Diesel Up to Rs400.67, Petrol Unchanged at Rs377.91

Photo: Dunya News

Diesel will cost Rs400.67 a litre in Pakistan from Friday, 30 October 2026, after the government raised its price by Re0.85, while petrol stays unchanged at Rs377.91 a litre.

The Petroleum Division issued the new rates on Thursday night under the daily price review system. Diesel crosses the Rs400 mark for the first time in this daily cycle, a line it came close to on Thursday when it stood at Rs399.82. Petrol users get a break this time, with no change to the rate set on Wednesday.

The change takes effect for Friday only. Under daily pricing, the rate can move again with the next notification, so Friday's price is not a promise for the weekend.

Main News Report: Diesel Price in Pakistan Today 30 October 2026

Aaj English TV reported the notification on Thursday night, saying high speed diesel (HSD) rises by 85 paise a litre to Rs400.67 from Rs399.82, while petrol remains at Rs377.91. The report says the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) linked the move to global market changes, including Platts rates, premiums and incidentals.

Dunya News reported the same figures, saying the new prices remain in effect until 30 October under the notification. Dunya also notes that Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has said daily prices are worked out from a seven day average of international market rates.

The Petroleum Division's own press release, dated 29 October, puts the figures in a simple table: HSD moves from Rs399.82 to Rs400.67, an increase of 0.85, while motor spirit stays at Rs377.91 with no change. It gives the same reason, global events including changes in Platts rates, premiums and incidentals.

On the global side, Aaj reported that Brent crude fell by $1.55 to $113.77 a barrel on Thursday, and US West Texas Intermediate fell by $2 to $100.78, as hopes of peace talks eased fears about supply disruption. That fall came too late to stop Friday's diesel rise, since the daily price uses a seven day average, not a single day's rate.

Background Context

Fuel prices in Pakistan now move every day, not every fortnight. The daily system started in July, and it means small moves like this one, up 85 paise or down a rupee or two, have become the norm. This week alone shows how fast the picture changes.

• Thursday 29 October: petrol up Rs1.85 to Rs377.91, diesel up Rs1.75 to Rs399.82.
• Friday 30 October: petrol unchanged at Rs377.91, diesel up Re0.85 to Rs400.67.
• Wednesday 28 October: petrol down Rs3.19, diesel up Rs2.25, in the revision before that.

Readers who followed Thursday's petrol price update on this blog will see the link: Friday's diesel rise builds directly on Thursday's rates. The 28 October update shows the same pattern, with petrol falling while diesel rose. And the 24 to 26 October diesel update shows diesel has been climbing in small steps for over a week.

Taxes remain heavy on both fuels. Dawn reported on Wednesday that the government levies Rs114 a litre in taxes and duties on petrol and Rs100 a litre on diesel. That levy is now a live political issue: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday to press for relief, and the two sides agreed to form a joint committee on widening the fuel relief scheme for motorcycles, rickshaws and cars up to 800cc.

Reactions and Statements

The government has not issued a separate statement beyond the Petroleum Division notification. Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik's standing explanation for the daily system is transparency: publishing prices every day, he has said, lets people track changes in world markets more promptly instead of waiting for a fortnightly shock.

Transporters and traders are the groups most likely to react first, since diesel powers trucks, buses and farm machinery. No transport body had issued a fare response at the time of writing. The Jamaat-i-Islami position is already on record from Tuesday: if no major relief comes by mid November, Rehman has said his party will march to Islamabad in protest against the petroleum levy.

Why This News Matters: Diesel Crosses Rs400 in Pakistan

Diesel is the workhorse fuel of the economy. It moves goods, runs buses and powers tractors, so a diesel rise can feed into transport charges and the cost of moving goods, even when the rise is under a rupee. Petrol users, by contrast, pay exactly what they paid on Thursday.

What this means for you, in plain terms:

• If you drive a petrol car or bike: nothing changes on Friday. You pay Rs377.91 a litre, the same as Thursday.
• If you run a diesel vehicle, truck or tractor: you pay Rs400.67 a litre, 85 paise more than Thursday.
• If you buy goods moved by road: watch transport charges. Small diesel rises tend to show up in freight costs first.
• If you were waiting for a cut: world prices fell on Thursday, but the seven day average means a single soft day does not set Friday's price. The next notification could still bring relief if the fall holds.

The Rs400 line matters as a marker, not just a number. Diesel peaked at Rs520.35 in April, then fell back, and it has been climbing again since the US Iran war pushed world prices up from late February. Crossing Rs400 again will be read by traders and transporters as a sign that the cheaper period is over.

Future Developments

Three things to watch. First, the next daily notification, which will show whether Thursday's fall in world crude feeds through to Saturday's pump price. Second, whether transport associations announce fare or freight changes in response to diesel crossing Rs400. Third, the joint committee on fuel relief agreed on Tuesday, and whether it produces anything concrete before the mid November protest deadline set by Jamaat-i-Islami.

Sources

Aaj English TV: Govt keeps petrol price unchanged, raises diesel rate
Dunya News: Govt raises diesel price by Re0.85 per litre, keeps petrol rate unchanged
Dawn: Diesel price nears Rs400 as govt adds over a rupee to petrol, HSD rates (Thursday's rates)

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