ISLAMABAD, April 3: The government reduced on Tuesday the prices of petrol, high speed diesel and kerosene, and CNG by a maximum of 2.2 per cent in an attempt to defuse protests sparked by an increase of up to 8.2 per cent in the prices announced last week.

According to an Ogra notification issued on the directives of the government, the petrol price was reduced by Rs2.32 to Rs103.36 from Rs105.68 per litre.

The price of high speed diesel was cut by Rs1.16 to Rs107 from Rs108.16 per litre and that of kerosene by Rs1.74 to Rs99.95 from Rs101.69 per litre.

An Ogra notification said the price of CNG was reduced by Rs1.95 to Rs86.75 from Rs88.70 per kg for region-one which includes Northern Punjab (Potohar), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

The price for region-two which includes Sindh and south and central Punjab and Balochistan was reduced by Rs1.78 to Rs79.20 from Rs80.98 per kg.