Pakistan LSMI contracts 5% MoM in August
Pakistan’s Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output fell 4.96% month-on-month (MoM) in August 2026, with the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) at 113.19, down from 119.10 in July.
October 16, 2026 (MLN): Pakistan’s Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output fell 4.96% month-on-month (MoM) in August 2026, with the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) at 113.19, down from 119.10 in July. On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, output rose 0.67%, against 112.45 in August 2025, according to provisional data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) with base year 2015-16. For July-August...