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business Updated 2–3 Oct 2026

Pakistan's weekly inflation rises 0.21pc, annual rate at 11.53pc

HarZaviya summary · from 6 outlets

Most outlets reported the rise in weekly inflation to 0.21pc and the annual rate reaching 11.53pc, with some also noting the specific items that saw price increases, such as chicken, garlic, and pulse gram. While the framing was largely consistent, Business Recorder provided more detail on the specific price hikes of individual items, whereas others mentioned the basket of 51 items or the number of items with rising and falling prices only briefly.

Summary generated by HarZaviya from the headlines and excerpts of the 6 outlets below. Each outlet's own headline is listed under it.

Same story from 6 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

  1. Weekly inflation surges 11.53pc

    ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation surged 11.53 per cent year on year for the week ending Oct 1, mainly due to higher food prices, according to official data released on Friday. The short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose by 0.21pc on a week-on-week basis, reflecting fluctuations in food and non-food prices. Unwilling to reduce petroleum development levy, the govern...

  2. Business Recorder 82% identical

    Weekly SPI inflation up 0.21pc

    ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended on October 1 recorded an increase of 0.21 percent owing to a hike in the prices of chicken by 7.25 percent, garlic by 1.85 percent, pulse gram by 1.30 percent, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by 1.17 percent. The SPI data released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed that the prices of other it...

  3. The Nation 80% identical

    Weekly inflation rises 0.21pc: PBS

    ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.

  4. 24 News HD 76% identical

    Pakistan’s weekly inflation edges up 0.21%

    The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0.

  5. Pakistan Observer 81% identical Inflation 11.53%

    Pakistan’s annual inflation rises to 11.53pc, says PBS

    ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.53% while prices increased 0.21% on a weekly basis, according to the…

  6. Hum News English 87% identical

    Weekly inflation rises 0.21 pc, annual rate hits 11.53pc

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's weekly inflation rose 0.21 per cent in the week ended October 1, with prices of 20 of the 51 items in the basket increasing while 10 declined, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Friday. The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which tracks short-term price movements of essential commodities, rose 11.53 per cent year-on-year during the week, according to the PBS re...

6 articles from 6 outlets, 2 Oct–3 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. What does % identical mean?