ISLAMABAD – The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based weekly inflation in Pakistan increased by 0.16 percent for the week ending June 11, 2026, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI for the combined consumption group reached 356.11 points, up from 355.55 points the previous week. On a year-on-year basis, the SPI rose by 15.06 percent.
Details of the SPI Report
The SPI, with a base year of 2015-16=100, monitors 51 essential items across 17 urban centers for all expenditure groups. For the lowest consumption group (up to Rs17,732), the SPI increased by 0.19 percent to 337.25 points. Other consumption groups also saw increases: Rs17,733–22,888 (0.12 percent), Rs22,889–29,517 (0.11 percent), Rs29,518–44,175 (0.08 percent), and above Rs44,175 (0.20 percent).
Price Movements During the Week
Of the 51 items tracked, prices of 12 items (23.53 percent) increased, 11 items (21.57 percent) decreased, and 28 items (54.90 percent) remained stable. On a week-on-week basis, items with price declines included eggs (9.62 percent), chicken (5.73 percent), onions (4.61 percent), petrol (1.04 percent), garlic (0.98 percent), pulse mash (0.23 percent), wheat flour (0.21 percent), bananas (0.19 percent), and mustard oil (0.17 percent). Conversely, major increases were observed in tomatoes (35.39 percent), LPG (11.03 percent), potatoes (1.04 percent), cigarettes (0.46 percent), vegetable ghee (2.5 kg, 0.40 percent), cooking oil (5 liters, 0.27 percent), vegetable ghee (1 kg, 0.24 percent), fresh milk (0.21 percent), and gur and bread (0.10 percent each).
Year-on-Year Price Changes
Compared to the same week last year, items that saw price declines included potatoes (42.79 percent), eggs (34.17 percent), pulse gram (22.56 percent), sugar (15.71 percent), salt powder (13.26 percent), pulse masoor (12.07 percent), chicken (7.35 percent), and pulse moong (4.66 percent). Significant year-on-year increases were recorded for onions (85.43 percent), LPG (74.45 percent), wheat flour (59.62 percent), electricity charges for Q1 (59.40 percent), diesel (49.63 percent), petrol (49.03 percent), tomatoes (36.40 percent), mutton (15.73 percent), chili powder (15.20 percent), beef (12.87 percent), garlic (12.41 percent), and bread (8.66 percent).
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