Pakistan's weekly inflation rises 0.65%, annual rate reaches 11.85% as LPG, chicken prices surge

Pakistan’s Sensitive Price Indicator rose 0.65% in the week ended October 22, taking annual inflation to 11.85%, Profit by Pakistan Today reported, citing Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data. The weekly reading followed a 0.04% decline a week earlier, while the year-on-year rate increased from 11.38%.

LPG posted the sharpest weekly rise, up 22.44%, followed by chicken at 12.20% and onions at 4.19%. The average 11.67-kilogram LPG cylinder cost Rs6,310.76, compared with Rs5,154.16 the prior week; live chicken reached Rs444.27 per kilogram. Tomatoes fell 21.99% and petrol prices dropped 3.63%.

Prices rose for 19 of the 51 monitored items, declined for 12 and were unchanged for 20. Year on year, LPG was up 107.12%, while the highest-expenditure group recorded 12.69% inflation; the combined index reached 374.84 points.