Goods transporters increase fares by 12-15 percent.

KARACHI -- After an increase in the POL products prices, goods transporters have increased the fares by 12-15 percent across the country.

Traders said that a vehicle charging Rs20,000 per trip is now charging Rs25,000 per trip after the increase in the petrol prices. A vehicle is charging Rs20,000 instead of Rs15,000 from Karachi to Quetta.

All Pakistan Goods Transporters Association secretary general Tariq Nabeel said that it was compulsory to...