Talks between the government and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on the petroleum development levy ended without any progress on Tuesday, sources said. The meeting took place at the office of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar at the foreign ministry in Islamabad.
According to sources, the government is not ready to end the petroleum levy. The JI negotiating team has been weighing the government’s position and will brief its chief, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, on the details of the talks.
Government says petroleum prices follow global rates
The government’s negotiating team said it had extended every possible relief to people on petroleum prices and was striving to offer more. It also said petroleum product prices depend on international prices, which are rising.
Who represented each side in the talks
Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal and Rana Sanaullah represented the government. The JI team included Liaquat Baloch, Sayed Farasat Shah and Nasrullah Randhawa.
