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Pakistan: Ramazan price spiral exposes weak market control in Lahore
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Vegetable, fruit and essential food prices have risen in Lahore's open markets for a third straight day during Ramazan. Shoppers are turning to subsidised Ramazan Sahulat Bazaars for cheaper options. Authorities conducted inspections and imposed fines, yet inflation persists, with the Sensit
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Pakistan: Short-term inflation rises 3.57 pc amid surge in food prices
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Short-term inflation in Pakistan, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), climbed 3.57 per cent year-on-year for the week ending August 28, primarily driven by a sharp rise in prices of perishable food items, Dawn reported, citing official figures released on Friday.
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Pakistan: Weekly inflation continues upward trend; driven by rising vegeta
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Finance Bill 2024 proposes a range of indirect taxes that are anticipated to escalate inflation in the coming weeks
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Pakistan: Weekly inflation rises 27 per cent
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The unprecedented gas price shock and some essential eatables led to an increase in short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), of almost 27 per cent on an annual basis in the week ending April 25, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
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Pakistan’s short-term inflation rises 27.5 pc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan’s short-term inflation has risen 27.57 per cent on a year-on-year basis for the week ending on August 17 largely due to a surge in petroleum prices, showed the official data released on Friday, Dawn reported.
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Short-term inflation in Pakistan stays above 29 per cent as electricity, L
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Owing to the sharp increase in electricity and Liquefied Petroleum Gas prices, the short-term inflation witnessed an year-on-year surge of 29.21 percent for the week ending on July 26, according to the official data release on Friday, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Sugar exports push retail price to PKR 150 per kg
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending July 13, sugar retail prices in Karachi were hovering at Rs 138-150 per kg, up from Rs 128-135 the previous week ending June 22, according to Dawn.
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Pakistan's economy caught between the Devil and deep blue sea: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has calculated the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending 11 May at 48.02 per cent year on year.
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Pakistan's weekly inflation reaches all-time high of 47.23 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that the increase was particularly driven by rising food prices, which resulted in a 0.51 per cent increase in short-term inflation on a week-on-week basis.
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Short-term inflation in Pakistan hits record 45.64 pc
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
This was fuelled by a consistent increase in the price of essential commodities, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
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Weekly inflation in Pakistan rises to 31.83% due to surging prices of food
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI), has seen an rise of 31.83 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis, ending January 19, due to a massive increase in prices of food and non-food items, the Dawn reported citing data released by the Pakistan Burea
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Pakistan: Weekly inflation reaches 31.83 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
This comes amid a surge in prices of food and non-food items, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
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