Board vs spot
Where gold is cheaper today
Pakistan uses the Sarafa tola. Dubai uses the published retail board. Other countries stay on world spot. Making charges are extra.
A 22K tola is about Rs 15,665 cheaper on the Pakistan Sarafa board than Dubai’s published retail price.
Dubai
Retail
AED 466.75
22K per gram
Rs 410,417 per tola
Saudi Arabia
Spot
SAR 458.07
22K per gram
Rs 394,456 per tola
Qatar
Spot
QAR 444.63
22K per gram
Rs 394,456 per tola
Kuwait
Spot
KWD 37.98
22K per gram
Rs 394,456 per tola
Oman
Spot
OMR 46.99
22K per gram
Rs 394,456 per tola
Bahrain
Spot
BHD 45.93
22K per gram
Rs 394,456 per tola
Pakistan
Sarafa
Rs 33,844
22K per gram
Rs 394,752 per tola
1 tola = 11.6638 g. FX: 16 Oct 2026, 16:30 GMT+5 · Sarafa: Rawalpindi–Islamabad Sarafa benchmark (PakGold) 16 Oct 2026, 16:30 GMT+5 · Dubai: Khaleej Times UAE gold retail board 16 Oct 2026, 16:15 GMT+5