Pakistan weekly inflation at 11.32% a year on: tomatoes jump 35% in a week while electricity and chicken get cheaper
Pakistan's SPI eased 0.35% in the week to October 29 but stayed 11.32% above last year. LPG has more than doubled and tomatoes rose 34.91% in a week.
At a glance
- The Sensitive Price Indicator fell 0.35% week on week to 373.51 points in the week ended October 29, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said.
- Year on year it is up 11.32%, down from 11.85% the week before.
- Tomatoes rose 34.91% in a week, potatoes 3.27% and diesel 2.53%. Electricity charges fell 3.92%, chicken 2.95% and eggs 2.81%.
- Over a year, LPG is up 106.86%, electricity 52.38%, diesel 45.13% and petrol 43.61%.
Prices of everyday goods in Pakistan fell slightly in the last full week of October but remained 11.32% higher than a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Its Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) dropped 0.35% to 373.51 points in the week ended October 29, 2026, helped by cheaper electricity and chicken, even as tomatoes jumped almost 35%.
The annual rate came down from 11.85% a week earlier, but short-term inflation has now stayed in double digits for several weeks, mainly because of expensive fuel since the Iran war began.
What got dearer and cheaper this week
Of the 51 items tracked in 50 markets across 17 cities, 15 rose, 12 fell and 24 did not change.
| Rose in the week | Change | Fell in the week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomatoes | +34.91% | Electricity (Q1 charges) | -3.92% |
| Potatoes | +3.27% | Chicken | -2.95% |
| Diesel | +2.53% | Eggs | -2.81% |
| Pulse gram | +2.11% | Wheat flour | -0.83% |
| Plain bread | +1.29% | LPG | -0.73% |
| Onions | +0.62% | Bananas | -0.71% |
| Fresh milk | +0.48% | Petrol | -0.39% |
| Curd | +0.46% | Sugar | -0.35% |
The tomato jump looks dramatic but comes from a low base: tomatoes are still 27.99% cheaper than they were a year ago.
The one-year picture: energy is doing the damage
The annual comparison shows where household budgets are being hurt most.
| Up over a year | Change | Down over a year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPG | +106.86% | Potatoes | -38.67% |
| Electricity (Q1 charges) | +52.38% | Tomatoes | -27.99% |
| Diesel | +45.13% | Eggs | -26.70% |
| Petrol | +43.61% | Sugar | -25.21% |
| Wheat flour | +34.87% | Powdered salt | -14.86% |
| Chicken | +31.72% | Gur | -8.51% |
A family cooking on LPG cylinders is now paying more than double what it paid last October. Wheat flour, the country's staple, is up by more than a third, even after this week's small fall.
Why diesel matters beyond the pump
Diesel runs Pakistan's trucks, tractors and generators, so its price feeds through to food and transport. The government raised it again on Friday, by Rs2.29 to Rs402.96 a litre for October 31 to November 2, while keeping petrol at Rs377.91. Those increases fall outside this week's SPI and will show up in next week's reading.
Taxes and levies remain about Rs114 a litre on petrol and Rs100 on diesel. Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday to press for the levy to be scrapped. The two sides agreed on a joint committee to look at widening the fuel relief scheme for motorcycles, rickshaws and small cars, and he has threatened a march on Islamabad in mid-November if no major relief comes.
The next numbers to watch
The bureau publishes the next weekly SPI on Friday, November 6. Monthly consumer price inflation for October, the figure that guides the State Bank's interest rate decisions, is due from the bureau in the first days of November.
