# Petroleum levy: JI chief refuses PM Shehbaz meeting without a cut, sets 12 Oct deadline Source: Searchable (https://searchable.pk/news/economy/petroleum-levy-ji-chief-refuses-pm-shehbaz-meeting-without-a-cut-sets-12-oct) Type: News article Author: Searchable Editorial Published: 11 Oct 2026 Updated: 11 Oct 2026 Retrieved: 11 Oct 2026 > Hafiz Naeemur Rehman says talks are pointless unless the levy goes, and threatens an Islamabad march after Monday. Here is what the tax costs you on a tank of petrol. Jamaat-e-Islami chief **Hafiz Naeemur Rehman** says he will not meet **Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif** unless the government first commits to abolishing the **petroleum levy**, and has given it until **Monday 12 October** to offer relief before the party announces a date for a march on Islamabad, [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2036251/ji-links-meeting-with-pm-to-petroleum-levy-cut-pledge) on Sunday. "If the petroleum levy is not abolished, we have no desire to meet the prime minister," he told a press conference at Mansoorah, Lahore, on Saturday, according to Dawn. ## What a petroleum levy cut is worth at the pump Petrol is **Rs 398.30 a litre** and high speed diesel **Rs 396.24** under the Petroleum Division's notification for **10 to 12 October**, and the government is collecting about **Rs 114 a litre in taxes and duties on petrol and Rs 100 on diesel**, [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2035954/govt-reduces-petrol-price-by-re066-per-litre-raises-high-speed-diesel-rate-by-re052) on Friday. For a family car, the tax share is easy to see: - A **40-litre tank** of petrol costs about **Rs 15,932** at today's price, of which roughly **Rs 4,560** is taxes and duties. - A **10-litre motorcycle tank** costs about **Rs 3,983**, with about **Rs 1,140** of tax in it. Any cut only reaches you once it is notified, so do not change your buying on statements from either side. Run your own monthly figure on the [fuel cost calculator](/tools/cars/fuel-cost-calculator), and track the daily pump rate on our [petrol price page](/data/petrol-price) and [diesel price page](/data/diesel-price). ## How the meeting became a bargaining chip The government has been trying to bring JI to the table for a week. Planning Minister **Ahsan Iqbal**, who heads the government's committee on the issue, called JI vice chief **Liaqat Baloch** on 6 October to pass on the prime minister's wish to meet the JI chief, [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2035282/ji-chief-to-discuss-fuel-levy-with-pm-shehbaz) at the time. The prime minister had earlier asked JI to suspend its Karachi to Islamabad march until the two leaders met, and the party paused it. Rehman's position now is that a meeting without an assurance on the levy would be pointless. He said ministers' recent statements suggested the levy would stay. ## JI's other demands At the same press conference, according to Dawn, the JI chief: - said the party had held **42 days of sit-ins** against the levy and is continuing public meetings and a signature campaign, with a rally in **Okara on Sunday 11 October**; - urged the government to pass on to consumers the **$5 a barrel** cut Saudi Arabia is reported to have offered Asian buyers; - questioned why IMF limits did not stop spending on an **Rs 11 billion** aircraft; - said a 50 kg bag of DAP fertiliser had risen by **Rs 3,000**, and flour had crossed **Rs 6,000 a maund**. ## What happens next - **Monday 12 October:** JI's deadline for relief. The current fuel prices also run to that date, so the next price notification and JI's deadline fall together. - **After 12 October:** JI says it will announce the date of an Islamabad march if no relief comes. - **Government:** no notification on the levy has been issued. In September the government floated scrapping the levy for a year, which we [worked out at the pump](/news/economy/petroleum-levy-scrapped-for-a-year-that-is-rs-3200-off-a-40-litre-tank), but nothing came of it. We will update this story when the government responds or a new fuel price is notified. ## Frequently asked questions **What is JI's deadline on the petroleum levy?** Jamaat-e-Islami has given the government until Monday 12 October 2026 to offer relief, after which it says it will announce a date for a march on Islamabad. **How much tax is in a litre of petrol in Pakistan?** About Rs 114 a litre in taxes and duties on petrol and Rs 100 on diesel, Dawn reported on 9 October 2026, with petrol at Rs 398.30 for 10 to 12 October. ## Sources - JI links meeting with PM to petroleum levy cut pledge (Dawn): https://www.dawn.com/news/2036251/ji-links-meeting-with-pm-to-petroleum-levy-cut-pledge - JI chief to discuss fuel levy with PM Shehbaz (Dawn): https://www.dawn.com/news/2035282/ji-chief-to-discuss-fuel-levy-with-pm-shehbaz - Govt reduces petrol price by Re0.66 per litre, raises high-speed diesel rate by Re0.52 (Dawn): https://www.dawn.com/news/2035954/govt-reduces-petrol-price-by-re066-per-litre-raises-high-speed-diesel-rate-by-re052 - Petroleum levy abolition: Govt seeks more time from Jamaat-e-Islami amid PTI long march (ARY News): https://arynews.tv/petroleum-levy-abolition-govt-seeks-more-time-from-jamaat-e-islami-amid-pti-long-march How to cite: "Petroleum levy: JI chief refuses PM Shehbaz meeting without a cut, sets 12 Oct deadline", Searchable, 11 Oct 2026, https://searchable.pk/news/economy/petroleum-levy-ji-chief-refuses-pm-shehbaz-meeting-without-a-cut-sets-12-oct