NBP issues foreign exchange rates

According to Mettis Global, the treasury management division of National Bank of Pakistan issued its foreign exchange rates on Wednesday. The benchmark rates are meant to guide trading for the day and give a sense of where the market opened. Both selling and buying rates were published for 21 currencies.

The US dollar was listed at Rs277.85 for selling and Rs277.35 for buying, while the euro was quoted at Rs321.75 selling and Rs321.17 buying. The British pound stood at Rs375.18 selling and Rs374.50 buying. Separately, conversion rates for frozen foreign currency deposits were set for settlement on Friday, 4 September 2026, with the dollar at Rs277.4274.

NBP noted that its rates are not valid for transactions above 5,000 USD or the equivalent in other currencies on a cumulative basis. Several currencies in the table, including the Thai baht and the Kuwaiti dinar, are not available to the bank's customers. The release is part of the bank's routine foreign exchange market update.