Dealers announce shutting down petrol pumps Pakistan petroleum dealers announced complete shutdown of petrol pumps from July 18th in protest of rise in cost of petrol The chairman of PPDA at a meeting discussed the current dealers margin which are forcing to shutdown the buisness. The association demanded that the dealer margin should be enhanced to 6 percent Sami Khan said that due to high price of electricity their profit margin declined drastically. And also heavy hike in petroleum products also affected their buisness