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Pakistan Mint. Valuation. Inflation. 11.8% (May 2024) The Pakistani rupee ( ISO code: PKR) is the official currency in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan. It was officially adopted by the Government of Pakistan in 1949.
Data from 1971 to 1991–92 are based on official exchange rates. Data from 1992 to 1993 onward are based on FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India) indicative rates. Data from 1971 to 1972–73 for the Deutsche Mark and the Japanese Yen are cross rates with the US Dollar. The Euro replaced the Deutsche Mark w.e.f. January 1, 1999.
The Pakistan government spent over 1 trillion rupees (about $16.7 billion) on poverty alleviation programs during the past four years, reducing poverty from 35% in 2000–01 to 29.3% in 2013 and further to 17% in 2015. [59] Rural poverty remains a pressing issue, as development in those areas has been significantly slower than in major urban areas.
In late January, Pakistan lifted the artificial cap on its currency, causing the rupee to plunge 20% against the dollar in a few days. The government raised fuel prices by 16%. And the Pakistani central bank raised its interest rate by 100 basis points to battle the country's highest inflation in decades, expected to be as high as 26% in ...
$1 billion: 2023: Schön Group, Schön Properties [4] 5: Rafiq M. Habib: $950 million: 2023: House of Habib, Habib Bank Limited [5] 6: Tariq Sayeed Saigol: $900 million: 2020: Saigol Group [6] 7: Dewan Yousuf Farooqui: $800 million: 2015: Yousuf Dewan Companies [7] 8: Sultan Ali Lakhani: $800 million: 2015: Lakson Group, McDonald's Pakistan ...
Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 131.63432 1932 Nepalese mohar Pakistan Pakistani rupee ₨ PKR Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 295.64616 1947 Indian rupee (prior to partition) Seychelles Seychellois rupee: SR, SRe SCR Cent = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 13.405025 1976 Mauritian rupee Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee ₨, රු, ௹ LKR Cent = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 313.09518 1885
At the time of independence (in 1947), India's currency was pegged to pound sterling, and the exchange rate was a shilling and six pence for a rupee — which worked out to ₹13.33 to the pound. [23] The dollar-pound exchange rate then was $4.03 to the pound, which in effect gave a rupee-dollar rate in 1947 of around ₹3.30.
The Bangladeshi taka ( Bengali: টাকা, sign: ৳, code: BDT, short form: Tk) is the currency of Bangladesh. In Unicode, it is encoded at U+09F3 ৳ BENGALI RUPEE SIGN . Issuance of bank notes ৳ 10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank, while the ৳ 2 and ৳ 5 banknotes are the responsibility of the ministry of finance.