Pakistan experienced a 0.35% week-on-week drop in its Sensitive Price Indicator during the week ending October 29, 2026, bringing some relief for daily goods costs, though the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported a year-on-year increase of 11.32% showing ongoing inflation.
Figures released by the bureau show that items like electricity charges, chicken, eggs, wheat flour and LPG saw drops in their weekly costs.
Electricity charges for the first quarter showed the biggest weekly drop at 3.92%, chicken fell by 2.95%, and eggs decreased by 2.81%. Wheat flour dropped by 0.83%, LPG went down by 0.73% and bananas decreased by 0.71%.
IRRI-6/9 rice and pulse masoor both dropped by 0.43%, petrol fell by 0.39%, and sugar along with powdered milk decreased by 0.35% and 0.33% respectively.
Conversely, several goods went up in price over the same week, with tomatoes jumping 34.91%, potatoes rising 3.27% and diesel increasing 2.53%.
Pulse gram went up by 2.11%, plain bread rose by 1.29%, onions increased by 0.62%, fresh milk went up by 0.48% and curd rose by 0.46%. Vegetable ghee for a 2.5kg container and firewood went up by 0.29% and 0.20% respectively.
Out of 51 tracked items, the bureau noted that 15 increased, 12 decreased, and 24 stayed the same.
On a yearly basis, LPG jumped the most at 106.86%, first-quarter electricity charges rose 52.38%, and diesel and petrol climbed 45.13% and 43.61% respectively.
Wheat flour rose 34.87% compared to last year, chicken increased by 31.72%, powdered chillies went up 15.55%, mutton rose 14.66%, plain bread increased 12.26% and beef went up 12.10%.
At the same time, certain food items saw yearly drops, as potatoes fell 38.67%, tomatoes decreased 27.99%, eggs dropped 26.70% and sugar fell 25.21%.
Additional yearly drops included powdered salt down 14.86%, gur down 8.51%, pulse masoor down 8.37% and pulse moong down 6.42%.
A 50kg bag of Sona Urea stayed steady at Rs. 4,781 during the week, which was 9.39% higher than the previous year.
A 50kg cement bag dropped 0.27% week-on-week to Rs. 1,592, remaining 14.48% higher than the same time last year.
The Sensitive Price Indicator follows 51 items across 50 markets in 17 cities, with the bureau computing the index weekly to watch short-term inflation and cost changes for basic goods nationwide.
