Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose to 11.66 percent year on year in May, official data showed on Monday.
On a month-on-month basis, CPI inflation increased by 0.52 percent in May, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The highest annual increase among major expenditure groups was recorded in transport, which surged 36.78 percent from a year earlier. Prices in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels rose 16.78 percent, while miscellaneous goods and services increased 15.03 percent.
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 7.93 percent year on year, with sharp increases recorded in wheat, wheat flour, onions, tomatoes and meat.
During the July-May period of fiscal year 2025-26, average inflation stood at 6.69 percent compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, the PBS said.
Pakistan's inflation rises to 11.7 pct in May
China on Monday began implementing 102 national standards for public safety, consumer protection and high-quality economic growth.
Among them is a new standard on credit information data for financing services of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
It sets basic principles for using credit data, including information classification, data requirements and management.
Authorities hope the move will improve data governance under the national integrated financing credit service platform, helping to ease financing difficulties and lower borrowing costs for SMEs.
Other standards include those for freestanding smoke fire detectors, packaging and transport of dangerous goods, electrical safety of gas-fired appliances, formaldehyde emission limits for engineered wood products, refrigeration appliances, inclusive communities for people with dementia in an aging society, and defect monitoring and analysis of power batteries.
China enforces 102 new national standards to support economy
