# LPG strike from 16 November: marketers say new pricing formula could raise cylinder prices 25 to 30% Source: Searchable (https://searchable.pk/news/economy/lpg-strike-from-16-november-marketers-say-new-pricing-formula-could-raise) Type: News article Author: Searchable Editorial Published: 31 Oct 2026 Updated: 31 Oct 2026 Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026 > LPG associations meeting in Karachi rejected the government's new formula and gave it 15 days. What the dispute is about and what it could mean for an 11.8 kg cylinder. **LPG associations have announced a nationwide strike from 16 November 2026** unless the government drops its new LPG pricing formula within 15 days, the chairman of the LPG Marketers Association, Ali Haider, said in Karachi on Saturday, [ARY News reported](https://arynews.tv/lpg-associations-announce-nationwide-strike). He said the formula could push LPG prices up by **25 to 30 per cent**. The announcement came after an emergency meeting in which every association present rejected the formula. It lands a day after the Prime Minister put the wider LPG deregulation plan on hold and gave an eight-member committee a month to review it. ## What the dispute is about According to Ali Haider: - **Sea-import price for everyone:** officials have decided to price all LPG in the country at the rate of cargoes imported by sea, he said. - **Local LPG would cost more:** domestically produced LPG, about **30%** of supply, would become much more expensive under that rule. - **Bowsers:** about **90%** of LPG in Pakistan moves by road in bowsers, which the associations say the formula does not account for. The government has not yet responded publicly to the strike call. ## What a 25 to 30% rise would mean OGRA's notified price for October was **Rs 3,296 for an 11.8 kg domestic cylinder**. If the associations' estimate held, the same cylinder would cost roughly **Rs 4,120 to Rs 4,285**, an increase of about Rs 820 to Rs 990. These are the marketers' projections, not a notified price: OGRA announces the official price at the start of each month, and the November figure is due on 1 November. In practice, shop prices in many cities have run above the notified rate for weeks, as our [LPG price reports this month](/news/economy/lpg-price-in-pakistan-cylinders-selling-at-rs-5000-against-the-rs-3296-ogra) showed. ## If you rely on LPG - **Households in gas-short areas** of Karachi, interior Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan rely most on cylinders in winter. A strike from 16 November would hit just as heating demand rises. - **Do not hoard or buy from unlicensed refillers.** Decanting from bowsers into small cylinders in shops is dangerous and illegal. - **Check the notified price** before paying, and compare it with your monthly gas bill using the [gas bill calculator](/tools/utilities/gas-bill-calculator) if you have a pipeline connection as well. Background: [LPG policy on hold as the PM forms a committee to review it](/news/economy/lpg-policy-on-hold-pm-forms-8-member-committee-one-month-to-review-plan-to-end). ## Frequently asked questions **When is the LPG strike in Pakistan?** LPG associations say they will strike nationwide from 16 November 2026 if the government does not accept their demands within 15 days. ## Sources - LPG associations announce nationwide strike (ARY News): https://arynews.tv/lpg-associations-announce-nationwide-strike How to cite: "LPG strike from 16 November: marketers say new pricing formula could raise cylinder prices 25 to 30%", Searchable, 31 Oct 2026, https://searchable.pk/news/economy/lpg-strike-from-16-november-marketers-say-new-pricing-formula-could-raise