Thanks to the next general election which are fast approaching, the federal government was kind enough to provide some relief to the people in general and motorists in particular by not increasing but instead reducing the petrol and CNG prices price by as much as over five percent for the first week of October 2012. But there is no guarantee whatsoever that this relief would persist and there is every possibility of yet another petrol bomb hitting the people in less than a week from now.
So better be on the safe side and not take too much on this temporary relief, despite which the POL products are still considerably high, and continue making efforts to search some fuel saving technique and tricks in order to minimize the petrol expenses to the maximum extent possible without compromising on the long and short distances travelling one has to do every day.
BILAL AHMAD KHAN
Lahore
