The weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), decreased by 0.59 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ended on February 12, 2026, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review was recorded at 331.81 points, down from 333.79 points last week. On a year-on-year basis, the SPI registered an increase of 4.26 percent. The weekly SPI with base year 2015-16 = 100 covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups. The SPI for the lowest consumption group (up to Rs 17,732) decreased by 0.62 percent to 322.23 points from 324.23 points.
The SPI for consumption groups of Rs 17,733-22,888; Rs 22,889-29,517; Rs 29,518-44,175; and above Rs 44,175 declined by 0.62 percent, 0.59 percent, 0.62 percent and 0.58 percent, respectively. During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 15 (29.41 percent) items increased, 15 (29.41 percent) items decreased and 21 (41.18 percent) items remained stable.
Major commodities registering a week-on-week decrease included eggs (17.61%), tomatoes (12.02%), chicken (6.34%), onions (2.73%), potatoes (2.49%), salt powder (1.69%), LPG (1.57%), wheat flour (1.31%) and sugar (1.12%).
On the other hand, major commodities witnessing an increase included bananas (7.62%), garlic (4.35%), pulse mash (2.69%), chilies powder (1.68%), mutton (0.80%), beef (0.37%), mustard oil (0.34%), shirting (0.31%) and cigarettes (0.24%), vegetable ghee 1Kg (0.08%), georgette (0.02%) and lawn printed (0.01%).
On a year-on-year basis, major increases were observed in the prices of tomatoes (73.36%), wheat flour (33.82%), gas charges for Q1 (29.85%), chilies powder (15.20%), beef (12.70%), eggs (11.76%), bananas (11.67%), firewood (11.40%), LPG (10.73%), powdered milk (9.89%), shirting (8.82%) and gur (8.81%).
Commodities witnessing a year-on-year decline included potatoes (44.68%), garlic (30.78%), pulse gram (23.81%), onions (22.04%), chicken (20.13%), tea lipton (13.95%), salt powder (12.52%), pulse masoor (10.88%) and petrol (1.33%).