Year-on-year consumer prices cooled from September’s 10.3%, while the monthly rise slowed to 1.1%, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics figures released on Monday.
Headline CPI inflation was 9.6% year-on-year in October 2026, down from 10.3% in September, PBS said.
Prices rose 1.1% month-on-month in October, slower than September’s 1.3% rise.
Urban inflation was 9.5% and rural inflation 9.8% year-on-year.
The reading sits inside the finance ministry’s 9.5–10.5% October projection.
Brokerages had largely expected a softer print near 9–9.5%.