Weekly inflation rises 0.65% as LPG, chicken and onions become more expensive, while tomato and fuel prices decline.

Pakistan’s year-on-year inflation surged to 11.85% in the week ended October 22, 2026, while the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) increased by 0.65% week-on-week, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The SPI measures short-term price movements of 51 essential commodities collected from 50 markets across 17 cities.

The latest figures show that inflationary pressures continued to affect households, with the highest year-on-year increase recorded in the fifth consumption quintile, at 12.69%. The lowest-income quintile recorded an increase of 8.45%.

During the week, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices rose sharply by 22.44%, followed by chicken at 12.20% and onions at 4.19%. Prices of shirting, plain bread and wheat flour also increased by 1.86%, 1.66% and 1.00%, respectively.

However, tomato prices fell by 21.99%, while petrol declined by 3.63%, bananas by 2.42% and diesel by 1.68%.

Of the 51 items monitored, prices of 19 increased, 12 decreased and 20 remained unchanged.

On a year-on-year basis, LPG recorded the largest increase at 107.12%, followed by onions at 72.81%. Electricity charges for the lowest consumption quintile rose by 58.59%, while petrol and diesel prices increased by 44.17% and 41.56%, respectively. Chicken prices climbed by 38.99% and wheat flour by 36.49%.

Conversely, tomato prices dropped by 71.72%, potatoes by 40.75% and sugar by 25%.

The data highlights continued pressure on household budgets, particularly from rising cooking fuel, food and energy costs.