Petrol Price in Pakistan Hits Rs 364.35 After Two Hikes in Two Days

Petrol went up again this morning. From 9 September 2026 the pump price is Rs 364.35 per litre — Rs 5.58 more than yesterday, and the second increase in two days. On 8 September the price had already jumped Rs 12.90 in one move. Anyone who filled up over the weekend at Rs 345.87 is now paying Rs 18.48 more per litre — a 5.3% rise in four days.

What changed this week

Diesel moved too: high-speed diesel is now Rs 385.95, up Rs 4.18. The longer view is worse — in late July petrol was Rs 316.15, so the pump price has climbed Rs 48.20 (15.2%) in about seven weeks. These numbers come from PSO's official price list; our live petrol price tracker checks it twice a day, at 00:05 and 12:05 PKT.

What it does to a monthly commute

Take a normal office run: 12 km each way, 22 working days — 528 km a month.

That is Rs 887 a month more for a car commuter and Rs 244 for a bike rider — from two days of price moves. Measured from July's Rs 316.15, the same car commute now costs Rs 2,314 more per month than it did seven weeks ago. A full 35-litre tank is Rs 12,752 today; over the weekend it was Rs 12,105.

Three ways to take the sting out

Share the seat, not the bill. The car's fuel bill doesn't change — who pays it does. With per-seat carpooling, three co-riders split one car heading the same way, so each seat carries roughly a third of the running cost — and you stop paying for empty seats you never use.

Lock a monthly rate. A monthly ride plan fixes your daily fare for the whole month — the same driver, the same time, and a price that does not move every time the pump does.

Driving anyway? Fill your empty seats. If you already drive to work, those three empty seats are Rs 17,489 of fuel nobody is helping you pay. Register as a Shareide driver and let your commute cover its own petrol.

For the full arithmetic on running your own bike versus sharing a seat, see our fuel-cost comparison — and bookmark the petrol price tracker; it updates itself, so you never have to hunt for the new rate after a revision.