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Web Desk
Aug 09, 2025

Weekly inflation rises slightly as onion, tomato prices go up

Inflation based on the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) recorded a slight increase of 0.05 percent for the week ending August 7, 2025, compared to a 0.35 percent rise in the previous week, according to official data.

Business

Web Desk
Apr 25, 2025

Weekly inflation dips by 1.92pc; prices of 18 essential items drop

PBS revealed that inflation in March 2025 rose by just 0.69pc — one of the lowest monthly increases in three decades.

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Web Desk Karachi
Feb 06, 2025

Concerns rise in cotton industry over GSP+ status review

The GSP+ status, granted by the EU in 2014, resulted in a 108% increase in Pakistan’s textile exports to the EU by allowing concessional tariffs.

Business

Web Desk
Feb 06, 2025

PSX jittery early on Thursday; PKR climbs unfettered

PBS’s inflation statistics and SBP’s policy rate are strengthening investor sentiment, but political turmoil is eroding the market confidence.

Business

Web Desk
Jan 03, 2025

Prices of 18 essentials rise despite falling weekly inflation

According to the PBS report, despite the drop after three weeks, the overall year-on-year inflation rate for essential goods depicts increase of 3.97pc.

Business

Web Desk
Sep 04, 2024

Exports surge 14 pc as IMF uncertainty looms

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported a $620 million year-on-year increase in exports during July-August 2024.

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Web Desk
Sep 02, 2024

Pakistan’s CPI inflation rate falls below 10 per cent in August

In a positive development, Pakistan’s inflation rate fell below 10 per cent in August, in line with the government’s expectations that the rate would continue to decrease.