Pakistan

Pakistan inflation rises to 4.22pc in February

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's inflation rate accelerated to 4.

Published March 2, 2017 Updated March 2, 2017 07:07am

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By Parvez Jabri

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's inflation rate accelerated to 4.22 percent year-on-year in February from 3.66 percent in January, the Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

On a month-on-month basis, prices rose by 0.28 percent in February, the bureau said.

The rise in month-on-month inflation was mostly due to higher prices of food items such as tomatoes, peas, oranges and chicken.

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