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Consumer Price Index

Finance ministry sees April inflation at 8-9%

Published 30 Apr, 2026 10:38pm

Economic activity likely to remain firm despite expected surge in inflation rate, geopolitical tension in Middle East, ministry says in its Monthly Economic Update & Outlook

Poverty incidence

Published 11 Apr, 2026 06:16am

EDITORIAL: Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) has calculated the poverty rate at 43.5 percent – 14.3...

March CPI inflation hastens to 7.3pc YoY

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation clocked in at 7.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

What’s in store for country’s economy?

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 06:10am

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 7 percent in February – a 1.2 percent rise from January’s 5.8 percent...

Feb CPI inflation clocks in at 7pc YoY

Published 03 Mar, 2026 05:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 7 percent on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis in...

Finance ministry sees February inflation at 6-7% in Pakistan

Published 27 Feb, 2026 10:29pm

Govt expects Consumer Price Index to be in range of 5-7% for full fiscal year 2025-26

UK progressing at reasonable speed

Updated 16 Feb, 2026 05:39am

Last week, two significant economic indicators from the US were published. The jobs report exceeded expectations,...

Dec CPI inflation stands at 5.6pc YoY

Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am

ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index-based inflation stood at 5.6 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in December...

OPINION: Findings of the household survey

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 09:01am

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released recently the findings from the Household Integrated Economic...

Dec CPI inflation slows to 5.6pc YoY

Published 02 Jan, 2026 06:11am

ISLAMABAD: Decline in the prices of essential vegetables kept the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation stable...

Nov CPI inflation soars

Published 02 Dec, 2025 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based monthly inflation increased by 6.1 percent in November, as high food ...

Oct CPI inflation up 6.2pc YoY

Updated 04 Nov, 2025 09:29am

ISLAMABAD: Inflation benchmark, Consumer Price Index, increased by 6.2percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Finance ministry projects inflation reading at 5-6% in October 2025

Published 27 Oct, 2025 10:19pm

Workers’ emigration up 43% in September, ministry says in Monthly Economic Update & Outlook

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 5.6% in September 2025

Updated 01 Oct, 2025 09:33pm

Reading significantly higher than Finance ministry's estimate of 3.5-4.5%

August inflation cools to 3pc, flood impact looms

Updated 02 Sep, 2025 09:39am

ISLAMABAD: Inflation benchmark Consumer Price Index (CPI) in August FY26 increased by 3.0percent on a year-on-year...

June CPI inflation clocks in at 3.2pc YoY

Published 02 Jul, 2025 06:01am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 3.2 percent on year-on-year basis in June 2025 as...

Apr CPI inflation clocks in at 0.3pc YoY

Published 03 May, 2025 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 0.3 per cent on year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Pakistan inflation expected to drop further to below 0.5% in April 2025, says brokerage house

Updated 21 Apr, 2025 08:49pm

Consumer Price Index in country stood at 59-year low of 0.7% in March

CPI - Numbers drop, pressure persists

Published 04 Apr, 2025 07:47am

Headline inflation hits rock bottom — rising only 0.7 percent in March 2025 compared to 20.7 percent in the same...

Feb CPI inflation clocks in at 1.5pc YoY

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation clocked in at 1.5 percent on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis in...

Pakistan inflation expected to clock in at 2.0-2.5% in February, says brokerage house

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 10:20pm

Consumer Price Index stood at 2.4% in January

Sweet chaos: will the government blink?

Published 14 Feb, 2025 09:04am

The sugar industry in Pakistan has long been a textbook case of market distortion. For decades, it has operated...

Dec CPI inflation clocks in at 4.1pc YoY

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:04am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 4.1 per cent on year-on-year basis in December ...

Pakistan’s economic outlook 2025: inflation, growth, & debt

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 03:41pm

Among macroeconomic indicators, primarily inflation has come down drastically over recent months, whereby consumer...

UBG demands 500bps policy rate cut

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) Patron-in-Chief SM Tanveer has urged the government to reduce the policy rate ...

Lowest in six years: Nov inflation slows down to 4.9pc

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 4.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in...

Lowest since May 2018: inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.9% in November 2024

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:30pm

Reading also below official expectations

Lowest since Jan ’21: Sept CPI inflation drops to 6.9pc YoY

Published 02 Oct, 2024 06:19am

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation decreased to 6.9 per cent on year-on-year basis in...

Finance Ministry projects Pakistan’s headline inflation at 8-9% in September, October

Updated 27 Sep, 2024 11:33pm

Economy indicates positive developments during first two months of FY2025, says Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for September

Fed seen cutting policy rate by 25 bps next week

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

WASHINGTON: US central bankers will likely start long-awaited interest-rate cuts next week with a...

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Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	21,866,447 ▼ -0.29
Dar-es-Salaam / Jun 22 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	18,768,017 ▲ 2.05
Service Long March / Jun 22 Service Long March Tyres Limited(SLM)	18,498,415 ▲ 0.21

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