Pakistan slashes petrol price by PKR 80 per litre, day after sharp hike met severe backlash

A day after an unprecedented surge in fuel prices triggered severe backlash, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced slashing the petrol price by PKR 80. Sharif in a midnight address on Friday announced that the government has decided to reduce petrol levy by PKR 80 per litre, making the commodity available to the end []