Top Story May 9, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The technical committee of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has outrightly rejected any proposal for bringing changes in methodology for calculating inflation figures, arguing that any such change would distort the whole statistical series on prices. The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC), under Chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin, had directed the PBS to include prices of commodities from Saasta Bazars/Sahulat Bazaars and subsidy provided through Utility Stores Corporation (USC) of Pakistan. Through this exercise, the government wants to see reduced CPI inflation figures without focusing reduction in prices on the ground.