Pakistan gold rate history in dirhams
Because the dirham is pegged to the US dollar, a Pakistani gold chart in dirhams is effectively the dollar chart. Comparing it with the rupee chart shows exactly how much of Pakistan's rising gold price is metal and how much is currency.
The peg makes the comparison clean
AED does not float against the dollar, so dirham figures remove one variable entirely. Any divergence between the dirham series and the rupee series is rupee depreciation.
For a UAE-based family that is the useful insight: gold in Pakistan has become dramatically more expensive in rupees and only moderately more expensive in dirhams.
Souk prices are a separate series
These figures convert the Karachi Sarafa board rate; they are not souk quotes. Souk prices track spot with a small local premium and quote per gram.
The gap between the two series is the Pakistani local premium plus the currency conversion, and it is the number the Dubai versus Pakistan comparison page examines directly.
Last reviewed 2026-01-15