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 13,786 cheaper on the Pakistan Sarafa board than Dubai’s published retail price.
Dubai
Retail
AED 467.75
22K per gram
Rs 410,937 per tola
Saudi Arabia
Spot
SAR 464.06
22K per gram
Rs 399,266 per tola
Qatar
Spot
QAR 450.44
22K per gram
Rs 399,266 per tola
Kuwait
Spot
KWD 38.47
22K per gram
Rs 399,266 per tola
Oman
Spot
OMR 47.63
22K per gram
Rs 399,266 per tola
Bahrain
Spot
BHD 46.53
22K per gram
Rs 399,266 per tola
Pakistan
Sarafa
Rs 34,050
22K per gram
Rs 397,151 per tola
1 tola = 11.6638 g. FX: 10 Oct 2026, 00:58 GMT+5 · Sarafa: Rawalpindi–Islamabad Sarafa benchmark (PakGold) 10 Oct 2026, 00:58 GMT+5 · Dubai: Khaleej Times UAE gold retail board 10 Oct 2026, 00:45 GMT+5