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title: "Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises 0.99 percent in third week of September"
description: "Most outlets reported the 0.99 percent weekly inflation increase in the third week of September, with several noting the year-on-year inflation rate reaching 11.92 percent. A few highlighted specific price hikes, such as electricity charges rising 18.76 percent week-on-week and onions surging 115.98 percent year-on-year. While most led with the overall inflation rate, some placed greater emphasis on the contributing factors, such as electricity and food price increases."
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# Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises 0.99 percent in third week of September

business · updated 26 Sep 2026, 2:10 PM PKT · 25–26 Sep 2026 · 8 articles from 7 outlets over 2 developments

**HarZaviya summary** — how 7 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the 0.99 percent rise in Pakistan’s weekly inflation for the third week of September 2026, with 24 News HD noting the increase in electricity charges as a key driver and Daily Pakistan adding that the year-on-year inflation rate rose to 11.92 percent. Minute Mirror provided a brief mention without specifying contributing factors.

## How it developed

Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it.

### 26 Sep 2026 — Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises to 11.92% amid... (1 outlet)

- **Minute Mirror** — [Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises to 11.92% amid...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/pakistans-weekly-inflation-rises-to-11-92-amid-oil-price-pressures-635669/) · 26 Sep 2026, 2:10 PM PKT
  > Pakistan’s short-term inflation rose further in the week ended September 24, with the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) increasing 11.92% year-

### 25 Sep 2026 — Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises 0.99 percent in third week of September (7 outlets)

> Most outlets reported the 0.99 percent weekly inflation increase in the third week of September, with several noting the year-on-year inflation rate reaching 11.92 percent. A few highlighted specific price hikes, such as electricity charges rising 18.76 percent week-on-week and onions surging 115.98 percent year-on-year. While most led with the overall inflation rate, some placed greater emphasis on the contributing factors, such as electricity and food price increases.

- **Profit** — [Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises 0.99%, annual rate hits 11.92%](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/26/pakistans-weekly-inflation-rises-099percent-annual-rate-hits-1192percent) · 26 Sep 2026, 8:10 AM PKT
  > Electricity charges jump 18.76% WoW; onions surge 115.98% YoY, LPG 63.97%, electricity 58.59%, diesel 51.80%, petrol 47.49% and wheat flour 32.41%
- **Business Recorder** — [SPI-based inflation rises slightly](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40441314/spi-based-inflation-rises-slightly) · 26 Sep 2026, 6:00 AM PKT · 73% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on September 24 recorded an increase of 0.99 percent owing to an escalation in prices of electricity for Q1, which was hiked by 18.76 percent, eggs by 2.02 percent, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by 1.55 percent. The SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed that the prices ...
- **Dawn** — [Short-term inflation surges on costly food, energy](https://www.dawn.com/news/2032674/short-term-inflation-surges-on-costly-food-energy) · 26 Sep 2026, 4:59 AM PKT · 70% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), surged by 11.92 per cent year-on-year for the week ending Sept 24, mainly due to higher food prices, according to official data released on Friday. On a week-on-week basis, the index rose by 0.99pc, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Short-term inflation has recorded double-digit growth over the past few ...
- **The Nation** — [Weekly inflation rises 0.99pc: PBS](https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Sep-2026/weekly-inflation-rises-0-99pc-pbs) · 26 Sep 2026, 2:42 AM PKT · 69% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.
- **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises 0.99pc in third week of September](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/25-Sep-2026/pakistans-weekly-inflation-rises-0-99pc-in-third-week-of-september) · 25 Sep 2026, 7:51 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s inflationary trend continued in the third week of September 2026, with weekly inflation rising by 0.99%, while the year-on-year inflation rate increased from 10.64% to 11.92%, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The latest figures showed that prices of 20 essential commodities increased, while 10 items became […]
- **Minute Mirror** — [Inflation continues to rise in Pakistan during thi...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/inflation-continues-to-rise-in-pakistan-during-third-week-of-september-635361/) · 25 Sep 2026, 6:46 PM PKT · 73% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Inflationary pressures continued to increase in Pakistan during the third week of September 2026, with the weekly inflation rate rising by 0.99 percent
- **24 News HD** — [Pakistan’s weekly inflation rises by 0.99 percent](https://www.24newshd.tv/25-Sep-2026/pakistan-s-weekly-inflation-rises-0-99-percent) · 25 Sep 2026, 3:30 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Pakistan’s weekly inflation picked up pace in the latest week, with prices of several essential household items rising, led by a sharp increase in electricity charges, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

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