September 5, 2026
The Sensitive Price Index rose 8.35pc year-on-year for the week ending 3 September and 0.65pc on the week, with onions up 26.3pc in seven days and 162.75pc over the year.
September 2, 2026
Headline inflation rose to 11.1pc year-on-year in August from 9.2pc in July, driven by food and energy, with rural inflation at 12.2pc against urban 10.4pc, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data shows.
August 31, 2026
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data shows wheat flour up 45.28pc year on year while chicken is down 23.87pc, complicating claims that nutritious food is being priced out of Pakistani diets.
August 29, 2026
Pakistan's Sensitive Price Indicator, a weekly gauge of 51 essential items, rose 9.04 per cent year-on-year in the week ended 27 August, driven by LPG, diesel, electricity and petrol. It is not the headline CPI.
Islamabad: Pakistan’s annual inflation rate eased to 9.6 percent in August, the lowest level in nearly three years, due to a higher base effect and lower prices for non-perishable food items. However, there was a notable double-digit acceleration in the prices of other basic goods. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported on Monday that inflation slowed to 9.6 percent in August compared to the same month last year. This is the slowest rate since October 2021 when it was recorded at 9.2%. Details show that the decline in inflation is attributed to higher inflation rates in August last year and
March 4, 2023
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Spokesperson Muhammad Sarwar Gondal said on the explicit recommendation of the provinces the date for self-enumeration at the PBS website has been initially extended for 7 days. Pakistan’s first digital census was kicked off on March 1, 2023, under strict security measures wherein enumeration teams conducted house-to-house census in Karachi, Bhakkar, Hafizabad and Rahim Yar Khan in the first phase. Although it is the seventh census in Pakistan, but the first digital census. The fieldwork for collecting data on a digital basis began on March 1, 2023. A total of 121,000 enumerators will go door-to-door in
March 16, 2021
Latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) shows that large scale manufacturing grew by 9.13% in January 2021 compared to last year. The overall production of large scale manufacturing industries increased by 7.85% from July 2020 to January 2021. Minister for Industries, Hammad Azhar said: “The sustained and robust growth in the industry is expected to lift economic growth beyond earlier forecasts.” Production in the first seven months of FY 2021, as compared to the same period last year, has increased in several industries including textile, food, beverages, tobacco, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, non-metallic mineral products, automobiles
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