Gold prices in Pakistan edged lower on Thursday, with live rate trackers aligned to the Karachi Sarafa Association pricing 24-karat gold at Rs425,000 per tola — down from Wednesday’s rate of Rs429,123 per tola — as a pullback in international bullion prices filtered through to the local market.
The retreat tracks a broader pullback in the international gold market, where spot prices eased to around $4,057 per ounce, according to live rate-tracking sites skardu.pk and investify.pk, down from levels above $4,100 earlier in the week. General market commentary has attributed the softer tone in global gold to fading expectations of further US Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts and a firmer US dollar, both of which typically weigh on dollar-denominated bullion. The Pakistani rupee, meanwhile, held broadly steady against the dollar near the Rs277–278 band, meaning most of today’s dip in local rupee gold rates reflects the international move rather than a shift in the exchange rate.
Separately, rate trackers aligned with the Rawalpindi–Islamabad sarafa benchmark — such as pakgold.net — quoted 24-karat gold noticeably lower, around Rs418,890 per tola. A gap of this size between Pakistan’s two informally tracked benchmark families has recurred repeatedly in recent weeks and does not reflect a data error; this update anchors its headline figure to the Karachi Sarafa-aligned cluster, cross-checked across multiple independently updating trackers: skardu.pk (Rs424,354 per tola, self-described as closely aligned with the Sarafa Association Karachi) and gold.pk (Rs425,000 per tola, sourced directly to the Karachi Saraf Jewellers Association), with news aggregator Minute Mirror separately reporting the same Rs425,000 figure for Thursday.
| Type | Per Tola (PKR) | Per 10 Grams (PKR) |
|---|---|---|
| 24K Gold | Rs 425,000 | Rs 364,380 |
| 22K Gold | Rs 389,581 | Rs 334,013 |
| 21K Gold | Rs 371,875 | Rs 318,833 |
| 18K Gold | Rs 318,750 | Rs 273,285 |
| Silver | Rs 5,695 | Rs 4,883 |
| International Gold (per ounce, USD) | $4,057 | |
Silver also softened slightly, quoted at Rs5,695 per tola (roughly Rs4,883 per 10 grams) on Rawalpindi–Islamabad market data — a modest dip from Wednesday’s level and broadly in line with the pullback in gold. International silver was holding in the low $50s per ounce across the trackers reviewed for this update.
As always, retail rates at individual jewellers can vary slightly from the sarafa-association benchmark quoted here, and buyers are advised to confirm the day’s official rate with their local jewellers’ association before transacting.
