Pakistan gold rate history in pounds
A Pakistani gold chart in rupees and the same chart in pounds tell different stories. The rupee chart mixes two things: the international gold price and the rupee's own decline. Converting to pounds strips the currency effect out and shows what actually happened to the metal.
Two curves, one metal
When the rupee weakens, the rupee gold price rises even if international gold has not moved at all. Families in Pakistan experience that as gold getting more expensive; in pound terms nothing changed.
For a UK sender the practical consequence is that the pound cost of a tola is far steadier than the rupee headline suggests. Judging affordability from Pakistani rupee headlines will consistently mislead you.
How to read the GBP series below
The figures are the Karachi Sarafa 24K tola board rate converted at the GBP/PKR open-market rate. They are indicative conversions, not a British market quote.
Because both inputs move, a change in the pound series can come from gold, from sterling, or from the rupee. When the series jumps without a matching move in international spot, look at the currency pair first.
Last reviewed 2026-01-15