--- title: "Pakistan’s central bank maintains key interest rate at 11.5 percent" description: "Most outlets reported that Pakistan’s central bank kept the key interest rate unchanged at 11.5 percent. BOL News added context, noting the decision came despite surging inflation, including an 11.1% YoY rise in August CPI driven by higher energy costs. Arab News Pakistan presented the rate decision factually without additional economic context." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8425-pakistan-s-central-bank-holds-key-interest-rate-at-11-5 site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan’s central bank maintains key interest rate at 11.5 percent pakistan · updated 14 Sep 2026, 4:51 PM PKT · 14 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Pakistan’s central bank kept the key interest rate unchanged at 11.5 percent. BOL News added context, noting the decision came despite surging inflation, including an 11.1% YoY rise in August CPI driven by higher energy costs. Arab News Pakistan presented the rate decision factually without additional economic context. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **BOL News** — [Pakistan’s central bank holds key interest rate at 11.5% despite surging inflation](https://bolnews.com/pakistan/pakistans-central-bank-holds-key-interest-rate-at-115-despite-surging-inflation) · 14 Sep 2026, 4:51 PM PKT > Pakistan's central bank maintains the 11.5% interest rate despite surging inflation. August CPI hit 11.1% YoY, fueled by higher energy costs. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan’s central bank holds key rate at 11.5 percent](https://www.arabnews.pk/pakistan/pakistans-central-bank-holds-key-rate-at-115-percent-3001210) · 14 Sep 2026, 4:11 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing ## 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). - [SBP keeps policy rate unchanged at 11.5% amid inflation and Middle East risks](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8214-central-bank-faces-inflation-crossroads-as-oil-and-rupee) · 15 Sep 2026 · 16 outlets · 2 developments · 79% related - [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 · 79% related - [Pakistan inflation rate reported at 10.3% in September 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11713-pakistan-s-inflation-eases-to-10-3-in-september) · 2 Oct 2026 · 10 outlets · 77% related - [S&P expects cautious monetary policy amid economic improvements](https://harzaviya.com/stories/285-state-bank-of-pakistan-maintains-policy-rate-at-11-5) · 29 Jul 2026 · 14 outlets · 4 developments · 76% 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 · 74% related 3 articles from 2 outlets, 14 Sep 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.