The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which monitors weekly inflation, has been on a sharp upward trajectory for many weeks, largely due to spillover effects of the Israel-US war on Iran. For the week ended May 7, 2026, it surged 15.16% compared to the same week of last year.<\/p>\n
On a year-on-year basis, a major increase was recorded in prices of petrol, which surged 58.32%, diesel, higher by 55.76%, Q1 electricity charges 52.58%, wheat flour 50.65%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 48.82% and onions 41.97%. Prices of mutton, chilli powder, garlic, beef, powdered milk and bananas also increased.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, prices of potatoes declined 44.58%, pulse gram fell 20.29%, sugar 13.76%, salt powder 13.26%, pulse masoor 11.74%, eggs 7.88%, chicken 1.80% and pulse moong 1.60% over the same period of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.<\/p>\n
The SPI-based week-on-week (WoW) inflation increased 0.79% during the week ended May 7, 2026 for the combined consumption group. Its reading rose to 357.04 points as compared to 354.23 points in the previous week.<\/p>\n
The SPI covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups. For the lowest consumption group (up to Rs17,732 per month), the index rose 0.69%. For the consumption groups of Rs17,733-22,888, Rs22,889-29,517, Rs29,518-44,175, and above Rs44,175, the indicator increased 0.77%, 0.76%, 0.83% and 0.80%, respectively.<\/p>\n
During the week under review, out of 51 items, prices of 22 items (43.14%) increased, 14 items (27.45%) decreased, while 15 items (29.41%) remained stable.<\/p>\n
A major WoW increase was observed in prices of chicken, which rose 12.82%, followed by diesel, up 5.10%, wheat flour 3.42%, petrol 1.66%, curd 1.63%, fresh milk 1.33%, beef 0.65%, tea prepared 0.53%, mutton 0.50%, potatoes 0.48%, washing soap 0.12% and cigarettes 0.08%.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, prices of tomatoes dropped 7.08%, garlic dipped 1.91%, eggs 1.22%, LPG 1.08%, pulse masoor 0.43%, onions 0.38%, pulse gram 0.36%, Irri-6\/9 rice 0.30% and gur 0.19%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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