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Pakistan's unchecked inflation crisis highlights public despair
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's short-term inflation has risen for the 16th straight week as food and energy prices continue to climb. Supply disruptions from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure and rising sugar and meat costs have deepened market shortages, straining households already struggling with shrin
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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 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: Inflation stays above 40 pc for second week in row
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The annual short-term inflation in Pakistan remained above 40 per cent for the second week in a row, mainly driven by a massive increase in gas prices, official data showed on Friday, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Increase in gas prices drives short-term inflation to 42 pc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
An increase in gas prices has driven the annual short-term inflation in Pakistan to above 40 per cent for the first time in over four months, official data showed on Friday, Dawn reported.
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Short-term inflation in Pakistan surges to 29.88 pc
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Short-term inflation in Pakistan has surged 29.88 per cent year on year in the week ending on November 2 due to the increasing prices of kitchen products, according to official data released on Friday, Dawn reported.
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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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Pakistan: Weekly inflation jumps to 31 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan yet again witnessed a year-on-year increase in short-term inflation which now stood at 30.82 per cent for the week ending on August 10, official data from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) stated, ARY News 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'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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