--- title: "Pakistan's weekly inflation rises 0.21pc, annual rate at 11.53pc" description: "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." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/11928-pakistan-s-annual-inflation-rises-to-11-53pc-says-pbs site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan's weekly inflation rises 0.21pc, annual rate at 11.53pc business · updated 3 Oct 2026, 7:34 AM PKT · 2–3 Oct 2026 · 6 articles from 6 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 6 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > 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. ## Same story from 6 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Weekly inflation surges 11.53pc](https://www.dawn.com/news/2034341/weekly-inflation-surges-1153pc) · 3 Oct 2026, 7:34 AM PKT > 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... - **Business Recorder** — [Weekly SPI inflation up 0.21pc](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442429/weekly-spi-inflation-up-021pc) · 3 Oct 2026, 6:58 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > 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... - **The Nation** — [Weekly inflation rises 0.21pc: PBS](https://www.nation.com.pk/03-Oct-2026/weekly-inflation-rises-0-21pc-pbs) · 3 Oct 2026, 2:44 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0. - **24 News HD** — [Pakistan’s weekly inflation edges up 0.21%](https://www.24newshd.tv/02-Oct-2026/pakistan-s-weekly-inflation-edges-0-21-percent) · 2 Oct 2026, 3:30 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based weekly inflation increased by 0. - **Pakistan Observer** — [Pakistan’s annual inflation rises to 11.53pc, says PBS](https://pakobserver.net/pakistans-annual-inflation-rises-to-11-53pc-says-pbs/) · 2 Oct 2026, 3:09 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.53% while prices increased 0.21% on a weekly basis, according to the… - **Hum News English** — [Weekly inflation rises 0.21 pc, annual rate hits 11.53pc](https://humenglish.com/latest/weekly-inflation-rises-0-21-pc-as-chicken-lpg-prices-climb/) · 2 Oct 2026, 2:54 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > 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... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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