Islamabad, November 7, 2025 – The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday reported that the country’s weekly inflation—measured through the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)—declined by 0.59% for the week ending November 6, 2025.
According to PBS data, the fall in inflation was mainly driven by a decrease in prices of key food items. Major declines were recorded in tomatoes (37.93%), onions (4.88%), garlic (3.23%), pulse gram (1.58%), chicken (0.68%), sugar (0.64%), gur (0.60%), pulse masoor (0.55%), and LPG (0.15%).
However, some commodities saw price increases during the week. These included eggs (2.40%), bananas (2.32%), firewood (1.61%), diesel (1.12%), beef (0.93%), tea prepared (0.92%), petrol (0.91%), bread (0.55%), wheat flour (0.34%), powdered milk (0.31%), and cooking oil (0.21%).
Out of 51 essential items monitored by PBS, prices of 18 items (35.29%) increased, 12 items (23.53%) declined, while 21 items (41.18%) remained unchanged during the week.
On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, inflation rose by 4.18%, with notable increases in the prices of ladies’ sandals (55.62%), sugar (43.67%), gas charges for Q1 (29.85%), wheat flour (19.50%), gur (18.88%), beef (14.09%), and diesel (9.29%).
Conversely, the largest YoY decreases were seen in garlic (33.54%), pulse gram (29.82%), electricity charges for Q1 (26.26%), potatoes (22.32%), and tomatoes (19.69%).
The PBS continues to monitor weekly price trends across Pakistan to assess cost-of-living impacts and guide inflation-control measures.