In the week ending 13 November 2025, Pakistan’s official Sensitive Price Index (SPI) logged a year-on-year increase of 4.15 %, marking the 15th consecutive week of inflation rises according to market data. The surge has been attributed primarily to rising edible-oil prices, sugar, perishable food items and disrupted vegetable supplies—factors exacerbated by trade-route closures and domestic logistic bottlenecks. The impact is felt most by lower- and middle-income households, whose budgets are squeezed by static incomes and rising utility bills. Economists warn that without structural reform in supply-chain governance and import stabilisation, inflation may become entrenched. For Pakistan, inflation is not just a macro-economic challenge but a social one: it weakens consumption, increases poverty risk and may dampen investor confidence. The crisis points to the need for coordinated policy responses—strong regulation, logistics upgrades and import stabilisation—rather than ad-hoc subsidies.
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