--- title: "Pakistan's inflation expected to rise to 10.75–11.25% in August" description: "Most outlets reported the projected rise in Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for August 2026, citing a range of 10.75–11.25% year-on-year, as stated by Topline Securities. A few also noted that the increase is attributed to surging food and fuel costs. The framing of the inflationary trend was largely consistent across the coverage, with a focus on the expected return to double-digit inflation." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/4645-pakistan-s-cpi-seen-returning-to-double-digits-in-august site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan's inflation expected to rise to 10.75–11.25% in August business · latest filing 25 Aug 2026, 1:20 PM PKT · 25 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the projected rise in Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for August 2026, citing a range of 10.75–11.25% year-on-year, as stated by Topline Securities. A few also noted that the increase is attributed to surging food and fuel costs. The framing of the inflationary trend was largely consistent across the coverage, with a focus on the expected return to double-digit inflation. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Business Recorder** — [Pakistan’s CPI seen returning to double digits in August as food, fuel costs surge](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436463/pakistans-cpi-seen-returning-to-double-digits-in-august-as-food-fuel-costs-surge) · 25 Aug 2026, 1:20 PM PKT > Pakistan’s headline inflation is expected to return to double digits in August, with food and transport costs driving the monthly increase, say analysts. Inflation is projected at between 10.75%-11.3% year-on-year in August, up from 9.21% in July, according to estimates from Ismail Iqbal Securities, Topline Securities and JS Global. The readings would mark a sharp increase from the 3% recorded ... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan’s inflation expected to be in 10.75-11.25% range for August— report](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2655765/pakistan) · 25 Aug 2026, 8:08 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for August 2026 is expected to rise to 10.75 to 11.25 percent year-on-year (YoY), brokerage firm Topline Securities said on Monday.  Pakistan’s CPI inflation was recorded at 9.2 percent YoY in July, as per data from the statistics bureau. Pakistan’s CPI in August 2025 was recorded at 2.99 percent.  ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan inflation rises to 11.1% in August 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5871-pakistan-s-august-inflation-rises-11-15-statistics-bureau) · 3 Sep 2026 · 9 outlets · 2 developments · 92% related - [Pakistan inflation recorded at 9.2% year-on-year in July 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1572-pakistan-inflation-drops-to-9-2-in-july-is-the-relief-real) · 4 Aug 2026 · 10 outlets · 88% related - [Pakistan's weekly inflation rises 0.65 percent](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6500-pakistan-s-weekly-inflation-rises-0-65-amid-higher-prices) · 5 Sep 2026 · 6 outlets · 81% related - [Weekly inflation in Pakistan increases by 0.15 percent](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3246-pakistan-s-weekly-inflation-increases-0-15pc) · 15 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 80% related - [Pakistan expects higher inflation in current fiscal year](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1112-pakistan-expects-higher-inflation-in-current-fiscal-year) · 31 Jul 2026 · 2 outlets · 79% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 25 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.