Pakistan, July 16 -- The output of the Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) witnessed an increase of 2.29 per cent during the month of May 2025 compared to the same month of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.

On month-on- month basis, the LSMI's production in May 2025, also increased by 7.39 per cent when compared with that of April 2025.

Overall the LSMI output showed a decline of 1.21 per cent during July-May 2025 when compared with the same period of last year, according to the PBS data.

The provisional quantum induces of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) for May 2025, with the base year 2015-16, have been developed based on the latest data supplied by the source agencies.

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