Petrol pumps to shut nationwide for 24 hours as dealers strike over daily pricing

The Petroleum Dealers Association announced on Wednesday that petrol pumps across the country would remain closed for 24 hours starting Thursday morning at 6am until Friday 6am, in protest against the government's policy of revising petroleum product prices on a daily basis. Addressing a press conference, association representative Malik Khuda Bakhsh said the daily price fluctuation mechanism was…