Pakistan’s weekly inflation rate increased by 0.12%.

The weekly inflation, as shown by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), rose by 0.12 percent for the aggregate consumption group for the week concluding on October 30, 2025, according to a report from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The PBS data indicates that the SPI for the reviewed week was 335.53 points, an increase from 335.14 points the previous week. The SPI increased by 5.05 percent year-on-year.

The weekly SPI, with a base year of 2015-16 set at 100, encompasses 17 urban centers and 51 key commodities across all expenditure categories.

The SPI for the lowest consumption category (up to Rs17,732) rose by 0.28 percent, increasing from 330.27 points to 331.18 points.

The SPI for consumption groups of Rs17,733–22,888; Rs22,889–29,517; Rs29,518–44,175; and above Rs44,175 rose by 0.16 percent, 0.15 percent, 0.14 percent, and 0.08 percent, respectively.

Throughout the week, of 51 items, the prices of 14 (27.45%) goods climbed, 10 (19.61%) things fell, and 27 (52.94%) items stayed unchanged.

The principal commodities that had a week-on-week escalation comprised onions (59.54%), eggs (3.24%), chicken (2.40%), garlic (1.72%), firewood (0.93%), cooking oil 5-litre tin (0.64%), vegetable ghee 2.5kg (0.40%), wheat flour (0.36%), and powdered milk (0.22%).

Items exhibiting a decrease in pricing comprised tomatoes (47.02%), pulse gram (1.66%), pulse masoor (1.20%), pulse moong (0.65%), LPG (0.60%), gur (0.56%), potatoes (0.23%), pulse mash (0.14%), and rice IRRI-6/9 (0.12%).

Year-on-year, significant price increases were noted for ladies sandals (55.62%), sugar (42.44%), tomatoes (31.56%), gas charges for Q1 (29.85%), onions (19.98%), wheat flour (19.23%), gur (18.41%), beef (13.42%), firewood (12.51%), vegetable ghee 2.5kg (12.34%), and vegetable ghee 1kg (11.41%).

Commodities seeing a year-on-year decrease included garlic (30.74%), pulse gram (29.12%), power charges for Q1 (26.26%), potatoes (20.07%), tea (17.93%), pulse mash (15.87%), chicken (15.63%), LPG (5.93%), pulse masoor (4.68%), and rice IRRI-6/9 (3.36%).