# Gas prices every three months: OGRA amendment bill tabled in Senate, with no public hearings

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Type: News article
Author: Searchable Editorial
Published: 30 Oct 2026
Updated: 30 Oct 2026
Retrieved: 30 Oct 2026

> The bill would let the government revise gas sale prices quarterly instead of twice a year, and drop OGRA public hearings for those revisions. Here is what it changes for your gas bill.

**Natural gas prices could be revised every quarter instead of twice a year** under the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which Minister of State for Interior **Tallal Chaudhry** tabled in the Senate on Friday 30 October, [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2040979/bill-proposing-quarterly-gas-pricing-lands-in-senate). It would also remove OGRA's public hearings for those quarterly changes.

## What the OGRA amendment bill changes

| | Now | Under the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Gas price reviews | Half-yearly determination (Section 8) | Quarterly adjustments added (new Section 8A) |
| What a quarterly review covers | Not applicable | Wellhead gas prices and the cost of imported gas, including RLNG |
| Public hearing before a revision | Held by OGRA | Not held for Section 8A quarterly revisions |
| Government decision | Notifies prices after OGRA's advice | 30 days to advise minimum charges and sale prices per consumer category |
| Start | | Immediately once passed |

Each quarter, gas companies (SNGPL and SSGC are the two big ones) would submit their revenue requirement, limited to wellhead prices and imported gas costs. OGRA would review it and advise the government, which would then have **30 days** to set prices for each category of retail consumer for notification in the gazette. The government could also tell OGRA to carry all or part of a quarterly adjustment into the next half-yearly determination.

The clause most likely to be debated is the amendment to Section 9: "Provided that public hearing shall not be held by the Authority for revision of prescribed prices under Section 8A." Public hearings are where consumers, industry and provinces can object to a proposed increase.

## Why the government wants it

The bill's statement of objects and reasons says quarterly pricing would:

- keep tariffs in line with market costs, including the **rupee-dollar exchange rate**, in time;
- send accurate price signals;
- stop **circular debt** from building up in the gas sector;
- keep the gas supply chain financially stable.

## What it means for your gas bill

For households, the practical change is that gas tariffs could move four times a year instead of twice, and faster when the rupee weakens or imported LNG costs rise, with less notice because there would be no hearing. A falling rupee or cheaper imports could also bring a cut sooner, but the stated goal is to stop losses piling up, so expect the first quarterly changes to lean upward. The bill arrives while consumers are already complaining about unpredictable fuel price moves under the daily pricing mechanism, Dawn noted.

To see what a tariff change would do to your own bill, use our [gas bill calculator](/tools/utilities/gas-bill-calculator). Petrol and diesel are separate: see [today's petrol price](/data/petrol-price).

## Also in the Senate: PPL head office move

PPP Senator **Waqar Mehdi** objected to moving Pakistan Petroleum Limited's head office from Karachi, where it has been since about 1951, to Islamabad, saying rent is about Rs 4 million a month while relocating would cost billions and affect about 500 Sindh-based employees. Senator Zamir Ghumro asked how it could happen without the Council of Common Interests. Chaudhry replied that PPL's board had found vacating the office inevitable and that no employees would be affected.

The bill now goes through the Senate process; it becomes law only after both houses pass it. We will update this page when it moves.

## Frequently asked questions

**Will gas prices change every three months in Pakistan?**

Only if Parliament passes the OGRA (Amendment) Bill, 2026, tabled in the Senate on 30 October 2026. It would add quarterly gas price revisions without public hearings to the current half-yearly system.

## Sources

- Bill proposing quarterly gas pricing lands in Senate (30 Oct 2026) (Dawn): https://www.dawn.com/news/2040979/bill-proposing-quarterly-gas-pricing-lands-in-senate

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