In July 2021, Pakistan experienced a notable shift in inflationary trends, with the headline inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registering at 8.4 percent year-on-year, down from 9.7 percent in June 2021.
ISLAMABAD: The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 9.7 percent on year-on-year basis in June 2021 as compared to an increase of 10.9 per cent in the previous month and 8.6 per cent in June 2020, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Thursday. On month-on-month basis, it decreased by 0.2 […]
ISLAMABAD: The trade deficit has ballooned by 21.6 percent during first 10 months (July – April) 2020/2021 owing to significant increase in import bill during the period, according to trade data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday. The trade deficit increased to $23.82 billion during first ten months of the current fiscal […]
Pakistan’s headline inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), witnessed a notable increase of 11.10 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in April 2021, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
ISLAMABAD: A sharp growth has been witnessed in import of motor cars in the categories of Completely Build Unit (CBU) and Completely Knocked Down (CKD) during first nine months (July – March) of 2020/2021. The import of motor cars in both the categories recorded over 100 percent growth. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has imported mobile phones worth Rs248 billion during first nine months (July – March) of 2020/2021 owing to rise in demand of devices for digital financial system. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Saturday, the country imported mobile phones worth 248 billion during July – March 2020/2021 as […]
KARACHI: Pakistan has exported textile products worth $11.35 billion during first nine months (July – March) 2020/2021, showing 9 percent growth, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Saturday. The exports of textile products during the first nine months of the last fiscal year were at $10.41 billion, the PBS reported. […]
ISLAMABAD: The import bill has recorded an unprecedented growth of 70 percent in March 2021 as compared with the same month of the last year, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The country spent $5.63 billion on the imports during March 2021 as compared with $3.31 billion in the same month […]
ISLAMABAD: Headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 9.1 percent on year on year basis in March 2021 as compared to an increase of 8.7 percent in February 2021 and 10.2 percent in March 2020, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Thursday. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.4 percent […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has imported mobile phones worth $1.31 billion during first eight months of the current fiscal year owing to rise in demand of such devices for digital financial system. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday the import of mobile phones worth $1.311 billion during July – February 2020/2021 […]