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KARACHI:
Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the Delicate Worth Indicator (SPI), recorded a year-on-year (YoY) enhance of 4.70% for the week ended March 5, 2026, in accordance with information launched by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The SPI, which tracks costs of 51 important commodities throughout 17 city centres to gauge short-term inflationary developments, confirmed a modest rise in comparison with the identical week of final 12 months.
Among the many gadgets that registered important YoY worth will increase, gasoline costs for Q1 surged by 29.85%, adopted by wheat flour (26.13%), electrical energy costs for Q1 (17.33%) and liquefied petroleum gasoline (LPG) (16.89%).
Different notable will increase have been recorded in chilli powder (15.20%), beef (12.36%), firewood (11.40%), powdered milk (10.16%), mutton (9.32%) and tomatoes (9.02%). Costs of gur (8.51%) and damaged Basmati rice (6.18%) additionally posted annual will increase.
Regardless of these hikes, a number of meals gadgets skilled substantial declines in contrast with the corresponding week of final 12 months. Probably the most important drop was recorded in potato costs, which fell by 53.76%, adopted by onions (26.10%), eggs (24.93%), garlic (22.25%) and rooster (21.70%). Costs of pulse gram declined by 21.37% whereas salt powder decreased by 12.52% and pulse masoor by 10.71%.
On a week-on-week (WoW) foundation, the SPI elevated by 0.37% in contrast with the earlier week ended February 26, 2026, indicating a slight uptick in short-term inflationary pressures.
The weekly enhance was primarily pushed by larger costs of a number of meals and vitality gadgets. Rooster costs jumped by 10.46% whereas LPG elevated by 5.61%, bananas by 3.85%, petrol by 3.06% and high-speed diesel by 1.84%.
Different commodities that posted reasonable positive aspects included garlic (1.23%), beef (0.66%), mutton (0.65%), pulse mash (0.51%), printed garden material (0.43%), gur (0.30%) and mustard oil (0.24%).
Conversely, costs of a number of important meals gadgets declined throughout the week, offering some reduction to shoppers. Tomato costs fell by 10.04%, eggs by 8.13%, onions by 6.08% and potatoes by 5.09%. Equally, wheat flour costs declined by 2.40% whereas pulse gram dropped by 0.50%, pulse moong by 0.43% and cooking oil (five-litre tin) by 0.37%.
Total, out of the 51 important gadgets monitored below the SPI basket, costs of 13 gadgets (25.49%) elevated, 11 gadgets (21.57%) decreased, whereas 27 gadgets (52.94%) remained secure throughout the week below overview.
PBS information additional confirmed that inflation various throughout revenue teams, with the bottom consumption quintile recording a YoY enhance of 4.57% whereas the very best revenue group skilled a comparatively decrease enhance of three.58%, indicating barely better inflationary stress on lower-income households.
The month-to-month Client Worth Index (CPI) elevated by 7% on a year-on-year foundation in February 2026, in contrast with a rise of 5.8% in January 2026 and 1.5% in February 2025, indicating an increase in inflationary pressures. On a month-on-month (MoM) foundation, the CPI inflation rose 0.3% in February 2026, barely decrease than the 0.4% enhance recorded within the earlier month, whereas in February 2025 costs had declined by 0.8%.
In city areas, the CPI rose by 6.8% YoY in February 2026, in contrast with 5.8% within the earlier month and 1.8% in February 2025. On a MoM foundation, city inflation rose 0.3% in February 2026, barely larger than the 0.2% enhance recorded in January 2026, whereas costs had declined by 0.7% in February 2025.
Equally, the agricultural CPI inflation rose by 7.3% YoY in February 2026, in contrast with 5.8% in January 2026 and 1.1% in February 2025, reflecting comparatively stronger worth pressures in rural areas. On a MoM foundation, rural inflation elevated 0.3% in February 2026, in contrast with a 0.6% rise within the earlier month, whereas costs had declined by 1.1% in February 2025.
