Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Pakistan transporters strike over daily fuel price mechanism
Truck drivers and oil tanker drivers in Pakistan are on strike.
That means they stopped working on purpose to show they are angry.
They don't like that the government changes fuel prices every single day.
They want the old system back, where prices changed once a month.
They also think they pay too much tax.
Because the trucks stopped, factories and businesses that send goods to other countries are having problems.
More than 400,000 trucks have stopped driving.
The drivers' leader says they will keep striking until they meet government ministers on Monday.
The government did lower petrol and diesel prices a little on Friday, but the drivers still want bigger changes.
Goods transporters and oil tankers launched a nationwide strike in Pakistan, disrupting industrial and export supply chains.
Over 400,000 goods-carrying vehicles have been suspended since Saturday until a Monday meeting with ministers.
Pakistan Goods Transporters Alliance chairman Nisar Hussain Jafry demands restoration of the monthly fuel price mechanism.
Transporters demand the withholding tax on them be cut from seven per cent to two per cent.
The government cut petrol by PKR 2.20 per litre and high-speed diesel by PKR 1.50 per litre on Friday.
- Who
- Pakistan Goods Transporters Alliance, led by chairman Nisar Hussain Jafry, and oil tanker operators; Pakistan government ministers including Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik and Information Minister Atta Tarar.
- What
- A nationwide strike suspending over 400,000 goods-carrying vehicles, disrupting industrial and export supply chains over the daily fuel price mechanism and taxes.
- When
- Strike ongoing since Saturday; protest leadership to meet ministers on Monday; fuel price cut announced Friday.
- Where
- Pakistan (nationwide)
- Why
- Transporters demand restoration of the monthly fuel price mechanism and a reduction in withholding tax from seven per cent to two per cent.
Transporters
Government
Fuel price revision frequency
Transporters
Transporters want the monthly fuel price mechanism restored, calling the daily price system a key grievance behind the strike.
Government
The government says daily revisions reflect volatility in global oil prices after renewed hostilities in West Asia, with Ogra setting prices based on international market trends.
- Protesters
- Goods transporters and oil tankers
- Vehicles suspended
- Over 400,000
- Strike start
- Saturday
- Petrol price
- PKR 327.62 per litre
- High-speed diesel price
- PKR 380.86 per litre
- Petrol price cut
- PKR 2.20 per litre
- High-speed diesel price cut
- PKR 1.50 per litre
- Key demands
- Monthly fuel price mechanism; withholding tax cut from 7% to 2%