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Junaid Masood

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PM Fuel Relief Scheme: Rs100 Petrol Subsidy 2026

The Prime Minister's Fuel Relief Scheme gives Rs100 off every litre of petrol to owners of motorcycles, rickshaws, Qingqis and cars up to 800cc. Bikes and rickshaws get a Rs500 token once a week, with no litre limit on what you buy; cars up to 800cc get Rs100 off each of 30 litres a month. You register once by sending an SMS starting with REG to 9771, then send TOK before each fill-up to get a token. The subsidy runs nationwide from midnight 16-17 September 2026.

Written by Junaid Masood · Updated 31 Oct 2026

PM Fuel Relief Scheme: from 9771 registration to subsidised petrol at the pump Three steps. Step 1: send REG with CNIC, plate number, province code and registration date to 9771 once. Step 2: send TOK to 9771 before each fill-up to receive a token. Step 3: show the token at the petrol pump: a motorcycle or rickshaw token takes Rs500 off the purchase with no litre limit, and a car token gives Rs100 off each of 10 litres. Step 1, once only Register by SMS REG CNIC PLATE P DDMMYYYY Send to 9771 from a SIM registered on your own CNIC Step 2, every fill-up Request a token TOK → 9771 Reply SMS contains your fuel token number Step 3, at the pump Show token, pay less -Rs100/litre Bike/rickshaw: Rs500 per token Car ≤800cc: 10 L per token Source: Ministry of IT & Telecom procedure as reported by Express Tribune and Business Recorder, 14 Sep 2026 · schemespk.com
The PM Fuel Relief Scheme in three SMS-driven steps.

PM Fuel Relief Scheme at a glance

The PM Fuel Relief Scheme is a targeted petrol subsidy announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 13 September 2026. It is run through SMS, not an app or online form, and checks every applicant against identity, SIM and vehicle records.

Official namePrime Minister's Fuel Relief Scheme (also called PM Special Relief Scheme)
Announced13 September 2026
SubsidyRs100 per litre of petrol
Monthly benefitRs2,000 as four weekly Rs500 tokens (2- and 3-wheelers) · 30 litres at Rs100 off, worth Rs3,000 (cars up to 800cc)
Maximum monthly savingRs2,000 (bike/rickshaw) · Rs3,000 (800cc car)
RegistrationSMS to 9771, free by the PM's order of 14 Sep 2026
Official channelSMS to 9771 only; no official scheme website has been named in government announcements
FundingRs25 billion released to the State Bank for month one; funds allocated for three months
Registrations so far8.4 million, with 12.2 million tokens issued and 10.3 million used (Prime Minister's Office, 1 Oct 2026)
End dateNot announced

Who is eligible for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme?

The PM Fuel Relief Scheme covers petrol-driven motorcycles, rickshaws, Qingqis and cars with engines up to 800cc, as long as the vehicle is registered with a provincial or regional excise department and is within the age limit. Ownership rules differ between two- and three-wheelers and cars.

RuleMotorcycle · Rickshaw · QingqiCar up to 800cc
Monthly benefitRs2,000Rs3,000 (30 litres)
Each tokenRs500 off, any quantityRs100 off each of 10 litres
Vehicle age ruleRegistered on or after 1 Jan 2006Registered on or after 1 Jan 2006 (20 years)
Must be in your name?No; open transfer letter vehicles allowedYes; registered owner only
Examples70cc/125cc bikes, auto-rickshaws, Qingqi loadersSuzuki Mehran, Alto (800cc), Bolan

Motorcycles, rickshaws and Qingqi rickshaws registered on or after 1 January 2006 qualify for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme, after the government relaxed the age rule on 19 September 2026 in response to public requests. Cars up to 800cc follow the same 2006 cut-off. The registration date sent in the 9771 SMS is checked against excise records.

A motorcycle bought on an open transfer letter still qualifies for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme, because the government delinked ownership for two- and three-wheelers after IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja noted that many second-hand bikes remain registered to their previous owner. Cars up to 800cc do not get this exception and must be registered in the applicant's name.

Not covered: cars above 800cc, diesel vehicles, buses, trucks, tractors and unregistered vehicles. Reports indicate one CNIC can register only one vehicle, and one vehicle can be linked to only one CNIC.

Full rules and edge cases: who qualifies for the Rs100 petrol subsidy.

How to register for the fuel subsidy through 9771

You register for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme by sending one SMS in the REG format to 9771 from a SIM that is registered on your own CNIC. Registration is one-time.

  1. Step 1

    Collect four details: your 13-digit CNIC (no dashes), your vehicle's plate number (no spaces or dashes), the province code, and the vehicle's registration date as DDMMYYYY. Don't have the registration book? Get your registration details online.

  2. Step 2

    Type the message with single spaces between each part: 

    REG 3520212345678 LEA1234 P 15032019
    Example only; 3520212345678 is a dummy CNIC.

  3. Step 3

    Send it to 9771 from a SIM registered in your name. A SIM in a relative's name will fail the CNIC-SIM check.

  4. Step 4 · Final step

    Wait for the confirmation SMS before requesting a token.

Where the vehicle is registeredCode
PunjabP
SindhS
Khyber PakhtunkhwaK
BalochistanB
Islamabad Capital TerritoryI
Azad Jammu & KashmirA
Gilgit-BaltistanG

Registration for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme is checked four ways before approval: the CNIC must match the SIM owner in telecom records, the plate number and province code must match provincial excise records, the vehicle registration date must match, and the full entry is cross-checked against government databases. A mismatch in any one of these rejects the SMS.

Step-by-step screenshots and more examples: 9771 SMS registration guide.

How to get a TOK fuel token and use it at the pump

After registration, you get subsidised petrol by sending TOK to 9771 before each fill-up and showing the token you receive to the petrol pump attendant.

  • Send TOK to 9771 shortly before you reach the pump.
  • Show the token SMS to the attendant. The discount is applied at the pump.
  • A bike or rickshaw token takes Rs500 off whatever you buy; a car token covers 10 litres at Rs100 off.
  • Two- and three-wheelers get one token a week, worth Rs500, so four a month. Cars up to 800cc get 10 litres every 10 days, so three a month.
  • Where a station has no internet, tokens can be redeemed by SMS, approved on 19 September 2026.
  • Unused quota is reported not to carry over to the next month.

Since 25 September 2026 a TOK token for a motorcycle, rickshaw or Qingqi is worth Rs500 and carries no litre limit, replacing the earlier five-litre cap, and is issued once a week. Tokens for cars up to 800cc still cover 10 litres for cars up to 800cc, worth Rs1,000. The State Bank of Pakistan settles the subsidy with petrol stations within 24 hours, so pumps are reimbursed for the discount they give.

Token rules and pump problems: how the TOK fuel token works.

How much does the fuel subsidy save you?

At the petrol price notified for 31 October - 2 November 2026 of Rs377.91 per litre, the PM Fuel Relief Scheme brings subsidised petrol down to Rs277.91 per litre, a 26.5% cut on the quota litres.

VehicleQuotaNormal costWith subsidyYou save
Bike / rickshawFour Rs500 tokensRs7,558.20 for 20 LRs5,558.20Rs2,000
Car ≤800cc30 LRs11,337.30Rs8,337.30Rs3,000

Calculated by schemespk.com from the notified price of Rs377.91/litre (31 October - 2 November 2026). Petrol prices now change frequently, so the rupee cost moves; the Rs100 saving per litre does not. Work out your own figure with the today's subsidised petrol price calculator.

The Rs100-per-litre fuel subsidy is smaller than the tax on petrol itself: the government still collects about Rs114 per litre in taxes and duties on petrol. For a 70cc motorcycle owner using the full 20-litre quota, the PM Fuel Relief Scheme is worth Rs2,000 a month, roughly one quarter of that month's petrol bill.

Our read: the flat monthly cap favours light users. A 70cc bike commuting about 30 km a day burns roughly 18-20 litres a month, so Rs2,000 covers most of the discount it could use. A rickshaw or Qingqi driver covering 100 km or more a day can burn well over 100 litres, yet gets the same Rs2,000, so for them the scheme trims perhaps 5% of the fuel bill. (Mileage figures are schemespk.com estimates, not official data.)

Which petrol pumps give the subsidy?

Every fuel station that is open and operating is being brought onto the PM Fuel Relief Scheme system, on the orders of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on 19 September 2026, while stations that are permanently closed or sell only diesel are removed from the list. Where a station has no internet connection, tokens can now be redeemed by SMS.

  • Show your token at the counter and ask before filling; staff can confirm whether the station is on the system.
  • Several district administrations publish lists of participating pumps by tehsil on their official gov.pk district websites.
  • Diesel-only pumps are outside the scheme.
  • Pump operators have their own control room on 9772 if their system fails.

Why your 9771 registration fails, and how to fix it

Most failed PM Fuel Relief Scheme registrations come from a SIM-CNIC mismatch or a formatting error in the REG message.

"Registration failed" reply

SIM is not registered on the CNIC you entered

Send from a SIM in your own name. To see which networks have SIMs on your CNIC, text your CNIC number to PTA's 668 service.

Rejected for vehicle details

Plate typed with spaces/dashes, or wrong province code

Type the plate as one word (LEA1234) and use the code of the province where the vehicle was registered, not where you live.

Date mismatch

Wrong date or format

Copy the date from your registration book or smart card, written as DDMMYYYY.

No reply at all

Heavy load; over 600,000 SMS arrived in Islamabad alone on day one

Wait a few hours before resending. Do not send repeatedly.

Car rejected, bike accepted

Car is not in your name, is above 800cc, or was registered before 2006

Transfer ownership first; open-letter rules apply only to 2- and 3-wheelers.

More error messages decoded: 9771 registration failed: causes and fixes.

Rollout timeline: how the scheme changed in its first four days

The PM Fuel Relief Scheme was announced, piloted and expanded in four days, and some rules changed along the way.

Date (2026)What happened
13 SepPM Shehbaz Sharif announces the scheme; 9771 registration opens
14 SepMinisters explain the REG/TOK process; ownership delinked for open-letter bikes and rickshaws; PM orders registration SMS to be free
15 Sep, 12:00 amSubsidy goes live at around 150 petrol pumps in Islamabad
15 SepOver 600,000 SMS received in Islamabad; 42,933 registrations approved by afternoon
16 SepPetrol price rises Rs4.10 to Rs384.34/litre; Deputy PM orders 24-hour settlement to pumps; token cycle reported as 5 L weekly (bikes, later replaced by a Rs500 token) and 10 L every 10 days (cars)
16-17 Sep, midnightNationwide rollout, including AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
17 SepRs25 billion released to the State Bank for month one; funds allocated for three months; 9772 control room opened for pumps
19 SepAge rule relaxed to vehicles registered on or after 1 Jan 2006; SMS token redemption approved for areas without internet; all operating pumps ordered onto the system
21 Sep2.2 million registrations and 1.9 million tokens issued, 92% of them bikes, Qingqis and rickshaws
25 SepFive-litre cap per token scrapped for bikes, rickshaws and Qingqis, replaced by a Rs500 weekly token; ownership rule dropped for riders using rented vehicles; 5.8m registered
30 Sep7.6 million registered and 7.71 million tokens redeemed, reported after a National Steering Committee meeting
1 OctPrime Minister's Office reports 8.4 million registrations, 12.2 million tokens issued, 10.3 million used and over 7.5 million people benefited
29 SepPetrol cut by Rs2.27 to Rs389.03/litre
30 SepPetrol cut by Rs1.49 to Rs387.54/litre
1 OctPetrol cut again by Rs0.14 to Rs387.40/litre
2-7 OctFour increases take petrol from Rs390.66 (2 Oct) to Rs392.76 (3 Oct), Rs393.64 (6 Oct) and Rs394.83 (7 Oct)
8 OctPetrol up Rs1.82 to Rs396.65/litre
9-14 OctPetrol peaks at Rs398.96 (9 Oct), then falls through Rs398.30 (10 Oct), Rs395.37 (13 Oct) to Rs392.66 (14 Oct)
15-16 OctRs393.86 (15 Oct), then cut Rs3.63 to Rs390.23 (16 Oct)
17-19 OctPetrol cut Rs3.93 to Rs386.30/litre for a three-day window; subsidised price becomes Rs286.30. High-speed diesel unchanged at Rs396.96
20 OctPetrol cut Rs5.16 to Rs381.14/litre for 20 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs281.14. High-speed diesel cut to Rs389.27
21 OctPetrol raised Rs0.88 to Rs382.02/litre for 21 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs282.02. High-speed diesel raised to Rs389.80
22 OctPetrol cut Rs2.71 to Rs379.31/litre for 22 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs279.31. High-speed diesel raised to Rs390.11
23 OctPetrol cut Rs1.60 to Rs377.71/litre for 23 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs277.71. High-speed diesel raised to Rs391.75
24 OctPetrol unchanged at Rs377.71/litre for 24-26 October 2026; subsidised price stays Rs277.71. High-speed diesel raised to Rs393.66
27 OctPetrol raised Rs1.54 to Rs379.25/litre for 27 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs279.25. High-speed diesel raised to Rs395.82
28 OctPetrol cut Rs3.19 to Rs376.06/litre for 28 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs276.06. High-speed diesel raised to Rs398.07
29 OctPetrol raised Rs1.85 to Rs377.91/litre for 29 October 2026; subsidised price becomes Rs277.91. High-speed diesel raised to Rs399.82
30 OctPetrol unchanged at Rs377.91/litre for 30 October 2026; subsidised price stays Rs277.91. High-speed diesel raised to Rs400.67
31 OctPetrol unchanged at Rs377.91/litre for 31 October - 2 November 2026; subsidised price stays Rs277.91. High-speed diesel raised to Rs402.96

Petrol in Pakistan cost Rs266 per litre on 28 February 2026, peaked at Rs458.41 on 3 April after the US-Iran conflict disrupted Gulf oil routes, stood at Rs384.34 when the scheme expanded nationwide on 16 September 2026, peaked for October at Rs398.96 on 9 October, and has been cut back to Rs377.91 for the 31 October - 2 November 2026 pricing window.

Every change as it happens: latest scheme updates.

What is still unclear about the PM Fuel Relief Scheme

Several PM Fuel Relief Scheme details are reported differently by different outlets, and no official document settles them yet. We list them so you can plan around them.

QuestionWhat reports sayStatus
Which pumps take part?Every open fuel station is being brought onto the system; permanently closed and diesel-only pumps are removed. Several district governments publish participating pump listsExpanding
How long is a token valid?"A few hours" in one report; "7 days (bikes) / 10 days (cars)" in another. The 7/10-day figures match the reported token cycle (5 L weekly, 10 L every 10 days), so they likely describe how often you get a token.Unconfirmed
Is registration SMS free?Charged at launch; made free on the PM's directions, confirmed 17 SepFree
Islamabad start dateEarly reports said 16-17 Sep; went live 15 Sep15 Sep confirmed
How long will the scheme run?No end date announced, but the Petroleum Division says funds are allocated for three months from 17 SeptemberFunded to ~December
Helpline number9772 is the control room for petrol pumps and dealers. No dedicated public helpline has been publishedPumps only

Is there an online application? Avoid fake registration sites

There is no online form, app or fee for the PM Fuel Relief Scheme: registration works only by SMS to 9771. Government announcements name no official scheme website, so any site presenting itself as the official portal, including the several look-alike domains now online, is not a government channel. The government has said it will never ask citizens for payment.

How to spot fraud: fake petrol subsidy websites to avoid.

schemespk.com is an independent guide and is not affiliated with the Government of Pakistan.

PM Fuel Relief Scheme: common questions

Can I register two motorcycles on one CNIC?

Reports indicate no. One CNIC can register one vehicle, and each vehicle can be linked to only one CNIC.

Can I register using my father's SIM?

No. The SIM must be registered on the same CNIC you put in the REG message.

Is my 1000cc Cultus eligible?

No. Only cars with engines up to 800cc qualify.

Do I have to register again every month?

No. Registration is one-time. You only send TOK before each fill-up.

Does the subsidy apply to diesel or CNG?

No. The PM Fuel Relief Scheme covers petrol only.

Sources