Pakistan’s Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) rose 0.29 percent week-on-week to 374.61 points in the week ended 5 November 2026, while year-on-year short-term inflation stood at 12.31 percent, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday.
Of 51 items tracked across 17 urban centres, prices of 21 rose, 10 fell and 20 were unchanged. The steepest weekly increases included tomatoes (54.18 percent), LPG (3.72 percent) and potatoes (2.07 percent). Petrol fell 4.20 percent and diesel 2.97 percent on the week.
Year-on-year, the largest rises were in LPG (114.88 percent), tomatoes (78.89 percent), first-quarter electricity (52.38 percent), diesel (39.27 percent) and petrol (36.34 percent). Potato prices were down 37.24 percent and eggs 27.59 percent from a year earlier. For the lowest consumption group, the SPI rose 0.86 percent to 361.00 points.