inflation

SPI for the combined income group surged 17.30%

May also lower sales tax liabilities for car assemblers; move will hit FBR's tax revenues

“Poverty, what poverty? People have to wait to be seated at restaurants?”

At present, in Karachi, the official price of milk is fixed at Rs 94 a litre, but shopkeepers are selling it at Rs 110

Price of live chicken has increased up to Rs185 per kilogramme (kg) against Rs150 a few weeks ago

NA body sets up special panel to investigate surge in inflation, suggest measures to curb it

Antitrust watchdog stresses need for upgrading, consolidating all provincial laws

Govt decides to make the move so that flour mills could cut down their prices and provide some relief to the public

Seasonal and professional butchers both charging up to Rs20,000 for services

NBA officials said they demanded rise of Rs.2 in prices of various items to meet their expenses

To ensure cheap rotis and naans, the government has decided to offer a subsidy to the Sui Southern Gas Company

SBP increases its estimate for inflation in the current fiscal year to between 11 and 12 per cent

As the central bank once again raised the interest rate to an eight-year high

Calls interprovincial meeting to review taxes, policies, price control apparatus

Lahore Waste Management Company to clean the city and dispose of waste.

SBP has already raised interest rate by 575bps since May 2018

The federal government has decided to revise base year for ascertaining inflation rate and consumer price index

KSE-100 index closes higher by 288 points to settle at 34,190

Reading came in at 7.3% for FY19 due to expensive power and gas, 32% rupee fall

Is digging records of people, asking them to file tax returns

Stands at 158.06 against US dollar in inter-bank market

Tsunami of change has transformed into a ‘storm of inflation’ in just 10 months

While it is crucial to meet IMF conditions, complying will only serve to push Pakistan further down the debt cycle

Recommends fixing of exchange rate at Rs151 to a dollar, interest rate at 9%

ANP Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan said that there was a need to control prices of essential commodities

Pakistan’s economic base is agricultural and it remains largest producers of cotton in the world and exports food

Imran says focus is on economic, social development to improve living standard of masses

Pakistan has suffered inflation rates as high as 25-30% during half of the 1980s and the entire decade of the 1990s

Party aims to register protest against recent price hikes and record inflation

Raises questions over SBP’s move to increase discount rate to 12.25%

IMF hopes the deal can create fiscal space for a substantial increase in social spending

Projects inflation at 8.5%, pointing towards unimpressive economic outlook

Like many other daily wage earners, Akhtar Hussain is finding it hard to run his house on a meagre earning

Refuse to sell commodities below wholesale rates

Only one bidder remains for tender as two others withdraw

No compromise would be made on the quality of food items

Prices of essential commodities, including fruits and vegetables, have multiplied

Two closely watched indices slip, could weaken IMF’s case for discount rate hike

Despite price cut, rates of several commodities have jacked up

The chief minister said the price control mechanism should be effective before Ramazan

Locals say there is no price control mechanism ahead of Ramazan

ANP’s Khushdil Khan says PTI borrowing from ADB to burden future govt

In next budgetary planning, government intends to further stabilise economy
by crafting a tight fiscal policy

Asad Umar chairs price monitoring meeting amid criticism over high inflation

Inflation at its highest in more than five years

It reported 9.4% inflation, which was 1.2-percentage-point higher than actual level

Economist says this era of stagflation can throw 4m more people into poverty

Revises projection due to slowdown in agricultural growth, stabilisation measures

Losses in gas and electricity sectors will be recovered from accounts of Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari

CPI reading reaches 8.21%, driven up by rupee fall and low base effect