Tag: pakistan inflation
Pakistan inflation slows to 23.1% yr/yr in Feb, lowest since mid-2022
KARACHI: Pakistan’s consumer price index for February was up 23.1% from the same month last year, marking the slowest rate of annual inflation since June…
Pakistan’s petroleum prices hike to fuel sky-high inflation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced an increase in petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday to meet fiscal objectives laid down in a deal with the International Monetary…
Pakistan: Pakistan inflation eases for first time in seven months
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s headline inflation eased for the first time in seven months in June, figures released Monday showed, a bright spot for a beleaguered government…
Pakistan’s inflation outpaces Sri Lanka’s as Asia’s fastest
Pakistan took the crown for Asia’s fastest inflation from Sri Lanka as a weaker currency and rising food and energy costs drove price gain to…
Pakistan’s inflation outpaces Sri Lanka as Asia’s fastest
Pakistan took the crown for Asia’s fastest inflation from Sri Lanka as a weaker currency and rising food and energy costs drove price gains to…
Pakistan inflation hits record 36.4% in April, highest in region
KARACHI: Pakistan consumer prices rose a record 36.4% in the year to April, the highest inflation rate in South Asia, up from March’s previous record…
Imran Khan to present white paper against Pakistan govt’s performance
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will be presenting a white paper against the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government’s performance over the last…
Deadly chaos: As Pakistan scrambles for aid, poor are losing lives in stampede for food
NEW DELHI: For a middle class family in Pakistan, making ends meet has become increasingly difficult due to a paralyzed economy and skyrocketing inflation. But…
Pakistan central bank raises rate by 100 bps to 21% to rein in inflation
KARACHI: Pakistan‘s central bank raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to its highest-ever level on Tuesday, as the cash-strapped country bids to…
Inflation at nearly 60-year high, 16 killed in stampede for food: Pakistanis face brunt of economic crisis
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s year-on-year inflation hit 35.37% in March, the highest since 1965, as the Shehbaz Sharif government scrambled to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF)…