{"id":108232,"date":"2026-04-17T18:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=108232"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:26:50","slug":"pakistan-inflation-rate-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/pakistan-inflation-rate-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan inflation rate drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The<\/span> change<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> weekly<\/span> inflation<\/span> for<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> is<\/span> down<\/span> for<\/span> the first<\/span> time<\/span> in 5<\/span> weeks<\/span> of<\/span> increases<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> recent<\/span> decrease<\/span> in<\/span> gas<\/span> prices<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported<\/span> a<\/span> decrease<\/span> at<\/span> 0.7%<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> due<\/span> to a drop<\/span> in<\/span> gas<\/span> prices, but<\/span> it\u00a0still<\/span> has<\/span> a very<\/span> high annual<\/span> inflation<\/span> rate<\/span> of 12.16%<\/span>.<\/p>\n

This<\/span> week<\/span> has<\/span> seen<\/span> a<\/span> decrease<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> pricing<\/span> of 17 different<\/span> items, while there<\/span> are<\/span> 17 items that<\/span> have<\/span> increased<\/span>,<\/span> and many<\/span> stayed<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span>. Diesel<\/span> dropped 134<\/span>.58 per liter<\/span> while gasoline<\/span> dropped<\/span> by 12<\/span>.<\/span>0<\/span> per liter<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The cost<\/span> of a Gas<\/span> Cylinder<\/span> also dropped<\/span> by 230<\/span>.52. The<\/span> price<\/span> of<\/span> Chicken<\/span> fell<\/span> by<\/span> 45<\/span>.<\/span>0<\/span> per kilogram, and<\/span> the<\/span> cost<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> 20kg<\/span> bag of<\/span> flour<\/span> fell<\/span> by 72<\/span>.0<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other items that fell<\/span> were<\/span> Lentils<\/span>, Garlic<\/span>, Onions<\/span>, Sugar<\/span>, Ghee<\/span>, Firewood<\/span>, and Bananas<\/span>. However, several staple<\/span> good<\/span> saw<\/span> their<\/span> prices<\/span> go<\/span> up<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span>;<\/span> Tomatoes rose by up to 5<\/span>.<\/span>0<\/span> a<\/span> kilogram;<\/span> Eggs<\/span> rose<\/span> by 5<\/span>.15 dozen;<\/span> Fresh<\/span> Milk<\/span> rose<\/span> by 2<\/span>.50 per kilogram;<\/span> Mutton<\/span> Rose<\/span> by 5<\/span>.<\/span>0<\/span> per kilogram;<\/span> and Bread<\/span> rose<\/span> by 4<\/span>.00<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The change in the weekly inflation for Pakistan is down for the first time in 5 weeks of increases due to the recent decrease in gas prices. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reported a decrease at 0.7% this week due to a drop in gas prices, but it\u00a0still has a very high annual inflation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[40291],"class_list":["post-108232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-latest-news","tag-inflation-rates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108233,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108232\/revisions\/108233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}