{"id":106445,"date":"2026-03-25T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-25-mar-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:00:10","slug":"dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-25-mar-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/dollar-and-other-currency-rates-in-pakistan-today-25-mar-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar and Other Currency Rates in Pakistan Today- 25 Mar. 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karachi, 25 March 2026 \u2013 The Pakistani rupee strengthened in Tuesday\u2019s session, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fixing the USD\/PKR mark-to-market currency rate at Rs 279.2113, 1 paisa below last close and the slimmest print of 2026 so far.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priority Currencies \u2013 Quick Take<\/h2>\n
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    US Dollar (USD) \u2013 279.21 (spot)<\/strong>
    The marginal retreat keeps the greenback tethered to the 279.21 level, comfortably within the 279\u2013282 range that has governed trade since October. One-week forwards sit at 279.60, implying a negligible 0.14 % carrying cost. Exporters continue to offload positions above 279.60, while petroleum importers accumulate on dips below 279.20.
    \u201cMarket liquidity remains ample; the currency rate is drifting on technical flows rather than any fundamental catalyst,\u201d<\/em> noted a senior treasury official.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    British Pound (GBP) \u2013 374.06 (spot)<\/strong> \u2b50
    Sterling retreats to 374.06 from yesterday\u2019s 374.80; one-year forward is 386.61, translating into 3.4 % annualised rupee depreciation. Textile exporters to Manchester are hedging six-month receivables near 376, maintaining healthy forward premiums.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Saudi Riyal (SAR) \u2013 74.40<\/strong>
    SAR edges marginally higher to 74.4048; 12-month forward is 76.75, an annualised 3.1 %\u2014still the narrowest spread among principal remittance channels. Exchange houses report steady foot traffic from pilgrims securing rates ahead of the upcoming Umrah season.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    UAE Dirham (AED) \u2013 76.03<\/strong>
    AED firms slightly to 76.0265; six-month forward is 77.32, implying 3.4 % annualised rupee softness. Gulf salary remittances continue flowing through official banking corridors, keeping the cross-rate anchored.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Qatari Riyal (QAR) \u2013 76.58<\/strong>
    QAR mirrors regional peers at 76.5802; 12-month forward is 79.40, a 4.2 % annualised differential\u2014virtually matching SAR and AED, underscoring uniform Gulf-peg stability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) \u2013 910.97<\/strong>
    KWD firms to 910.9667 on the steady USD cross. Twelve-month forwards at 940.37 equate to 3.2 % annualised PKR weakness\u2014marginally wider than GCC counterparts due to thinner dinar market depth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Australian Dollar (AUD) \u2013 194.54<\/strong>
    The \u201cAussie\u201d slips to 194.54 as iron-ore eases below $101\/t. One-year forward is 200.35, implying 3.0 % annualised rupee depreciation\u2014tracking closely with the SAR curve, affirming commodity-linked volatility.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Canadian Dollar (CAD) \u2013 202.55<\/strong>
    The \u201cLoonie\u201d retreats to 202.55 as WTI crude hovers near $73\/bbl. Twelve-month forwards at 212.97 still pencil out to 5.1 % annualised rupee softness, though prairie pulse importers are said to have pre-booked April cargoes, limiting further CAD downside.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other Major Currencies<\/h2>\n

    Euro opens at 323.80<\/strong>, down 0.1 % on the week following softer Eurozone inflation data; one-year forward is 340.78, translating into 5.3 % annualised rupee weakness. Japanese yen remains the most affordable major at 1.75 per unit, but forwards price 6.3 % annualised PKR decline\u2014the steepest among G-10 pairs. Swiss franc is 353.30; Singapore dollar 218.11; Swedish krona 29.99<\/strong>; Norwegian krone 28.73; Danish krone 43.33<\/strong>; New Zealand dollar 162.38; Chinese yuan 40.47<\/strong>; Turkish lira 6.31; Russian ruble 3.46; Indian rupee 2.97<\/strong>; Bangladeshi taka 2.28\u2014all within familiar ranges and suggesting no event-risk premium ahead of the IMF\u2019s first-quarter 2026 assessment.<\/p>\n

    The uniformly compressed forward premiums\u2014scarcely 4\u20135 % annualised even for the least-liquid crosses\u2014signal to currency desks that both importers and exporters are confident the State Bank retains sufficient firepower to safeguard the rupee through the winter remittance window.<\/p>\n

    Reserves have climbed to $21.26 billion, while the real effective exchange rate (REER) eased to 98.2 in November, a threshold the IMF deems \u201ccompetitive yet not undervalued.\u201d Barring an oil spike above $90 or political turbulence derailing the Fund programme, dealers anticipate the USD currency rate will stay tethered to the 278\u2013282 zone for Q1 2026, pulling the broader currency matrix along in its wake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Karachi, 25 March 2026 \u2013 The Pakistani rupee strengthened in Tuesday\u2019s session, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fixing the USD\/PKR mark-to-market currency rate at Rs 279.2113, 1 paisa below last close and the slimmest print of 2026 so far. Priority Currencies \u2013 Quick Take US Dollar (USD) \u2013 279.21 (spot)The marginal retreat keeps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/currency-rates-pakistan-today.jpg?imageMogr2\/format\/jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}