Business May 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Annual consumer inflation increased to 11.1 percent in April from 9.1 percent in March due to rise in prices of food and energy posing a downside risk to the economic growth recovering from the pandemic challenges, official data showed on Saturday. On month-on-month basis, consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased by 1 percent in April 2021 as compared to an increase of 0.4 percent in the previous month and a decrease of 0.8 percent in April 2020. Prices of food with nearly 35 percent weight in CPI basket increased 15.9 percent year-on-year in April. Mainly, the food inflation was driven by non-perishable food prices that rose 18.36 percent. Prices of housing, water, electricity and fuels increased to 9.68 percent year-on-year in April compared to 0.51 percent in March.