ISLAMABAD, July 5: The weekly inflation surged by all-time high 28.37 per cent during the week ended on July 4 over the corresponding week of last year.

This unprecedented increase in inflation, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), occurred on the back of more than 10 per cent increase in the oil prices on June 28.

The increase in taxation slabs coupled with increase in gas price pushed the price of 28 food items up in the week, the Statistics Division data showed on Saturday.

The inflation, however, recorded a highest ever increase of 2.06 per cent during the week under review over the previous week.

The SPI witnessed an increase of 31.56 per cent and 30.74 per cent for households in income brackets of up to Rs3,000 and Rs3,001 to Rs5,000 respectively.

For households in the income brackets of Rs5,001 to Rs12,000, the increase in the SPI was in the range of 28.57 per cent, and for households in the income basket of over Rs12,000; the inflation registered a growth of 26.16 per cent over the week last year.

The price of tomato rose by 12.88 per cent to Rs17.88 per kg, potatoes by 12.47 per cent to Rs22.91 per kg, kerosene by 10.44 per cent to Rs61.52 per kg, diesel by 10.11 per cent to Rs55.34 and petrol 9.92 per cent to Rs75.92 during the week under review.

LPG 11-kg cylinder price went up by 5.34 per cent to Rs746.65 each, chicken by 5.11 per cent to Rs90.57, wheat flour by 4.81 per cent to Rs23.76 per kg and egg by 3.51 per cent to Rs52.45 per dozen.

Garlic price increased by 2.32 per cent to Rs34.85 per kg, wheat by 2.25 per cent to Rs20.47, sugar by 2.25 per cent to Rs29.94, onions by 2.21 per cent to Rs15.26 and gram pulse washed by 1.64 per cent to Rs60.11 per kg and firewood by 1.05 per cent to Rs241.69 per 40 kg.

The price of coarse latha up by 1.04 per cent to Rs42 per metre, rice basmati broken by 0.72 per cent to Rs53.49 per kg, gur by 0.72 per cent to Rs32.16 per kg, milk fresh by 0.67 per cent to Rs34.41 per kg, moong pulse wash by 0.55 per cent to Rs54.74 per kg. The rate of washing soap nylon rose by 0.53 per cent to Rs11.38 per cake, masoor pulse washed by 0.47 per cent to Rs112.63 per kg and mash pulse washed 0.44 per cent to Rs72.95.

Mustard oil price up by 0.39 per cent to Rs145.66 per kg, cigarettes (K-2) by 0.36pc to Rs8.47, beef by 0.17pc to Rs131.68 per kg, vegetable ghee (loose) by 0.16pc to Rs134.04 per kg and curd by 0.05pc to Rs40.20 per kg.