KARACHI – Saudi Riyal, the official currency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, slightly weakened against Pakistani rupee in open market on Wednesday as 1 SAR’s buying rate surged to Rs75.90 from Rs75.91.
The selling rate of Saudi Riyal also saw a decrease of one paisa and settled at Rs76.25, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan.
The exchange rate of Saudi Riyal is monitored by overseas Pakistanis on regularly basis as they send significant remittances to homeland every month.
1,000 Saudi Riyal to Pak Rupee Today
As the SAR buying rate stood at Rs75.90, 1,000 Saudi Riyals can be exchanged for Rs75,900 in open market.
Meanwhile, Pakistan recorded workers’ remittances inflow of $3.4 billion in June 2025, according to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday.
It showed workers’ remittances increased by 7.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis.
During fiscal year 2024-25, workers’ remittances rose by 26.6 per cent to $38.3 billion as compared with $30.3 billion in 2023-24.
During June 2025, Saudi Arabia led the chart as $823.2 million were sent in remittances by overseas Pakistanis from the Kingdom.
It is followed by United Arab Emirates with $717.2 million, United Kingdom with $537.6 million and United States of America with $281.2 million.
Last week, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Farooq, emphatically stated that the relationship between the two Islamic countries is “higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceans.”
