(220802) — KARACHI, Aug. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) — A man buys clothes at a market in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Aug. 2, 2022. Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 24.9 percent year on year in July as compared to the same month a year ago when it was recorded at 8.4 percent, according to the figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.