Consumer price inflation in Pakistan recorded at 35.37% in March 2023

KARACHI: Consumer price inflation in Pakistan surged to a record 35.37% in March 2023 compared with the corresponding month last earlier, the Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday. March inflation number eclipsed February’s 31.5%, the bureau said, as food, beverage and transport prices surged up to 50% year-on-year. According to Reuters, a spokesman at the…