Pakistan inflation clocks in at 9.6% in October 2026

Pakistan’s annual headline inflation eased to 9.6% in October 2026 from 10.3% in September, Business Recorder reported, citing Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data. Prices nevertheless rose 1.1% month on month, compared with 1.3% in September and 1.7% in October 2025. The October 2025 year-on-year inflation rate was 6.2%.

Urban inflation was 9.5% year on year, while rural inflation reached 9.8%; monthly increases were 0.8% and 1.5%, respectively. Across the first four months of FY27, inflation averaged 10.05%, up from 4.79% in the corresponding period a year earlier. The finance ministry had forecast an October rate between 9.5% and 10.5%, while brokerage estimates cited in the report ranged from 9.0% to 9.5%.