Pakistan’s weekly inflation goes up 0.97%

Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased by 0.97 percent for the current week ending on March 26, 2026, reported 24News Channel on Friday.

According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) major increase was observed in the prices of Onions (18.10%), Tomatoes (11.38%), LPG (10.05%), Chicken (8.70%), Potatoes (8.11%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.11%), Eggs (3.54%), Garlic (3.23%), Mutton (2.55%), Beef (1.52%), Georgette (0.38%) and Firewood (0.34%).

On the other hand, a decrease was observed in the prices of Bananas (4.50%), Wheat Flour (1.00%), Sugar (0.29%), Gur (0.20%), and Pulse Moong & Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.17%) each.

During the week, out of 51 items, the prices of 23 (45.10%) items increased, 06 (11.76%) items decreased, and 22 (43.14%) items remained stable.

The year-on-year trend depicts an increase of 8.24%. Major increase is observed in the prices of LPG (34.73%), Diesel (29.94%), Gas Charges for Q1 (29.85%), Wheat Flour (25.76%), Petrol (25.75%), Onions (25.07%), Chilies Powder (15.20%), Beef (13.08%), Mutton (12.41%), Powdered Milk (10.10%), Rice Basmati Broken (6.51%) and Gur (6.31%).

However, a major decrease is observed in the prices of Potatoes (45.71%), Pulse Gram (17.54%), Eggs (13.63%), Garlic (12.92%), Salt Powder (12.55%), Chicken (11.94%), Pulse Masoor (11.62%), and Sugar (11.34%).

Reporter: Waqas Azeem