KARACHI: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) increased on Thursday prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) by Rs1.70 per kg for Sindh and Punjab and Rs1.73 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

The new prices will be effective from Friday.

According to an Orga notification, CNG prices for Sindh and Punjab, excluding the Potohar region, have been raised to Rs55.33 per kg from Rs53.63 and those for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Potohar region (Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Gujar Khan) to Rs57.03 from Rs55.30.

CNG Dealers’ Association chairman Abdul Sami Khan said the association had sought an increase of Rs2.30 per kg because of an increase in gas price, general sales tax and electricity charges