KARACHI: US dollar plummeted to Pakistani Rupee (PKR) at 231.50 in early interbank foreign exchange trading on Wednesday Sept 28, 2022.
The dollar is being traded at PKR 231.50 while recording a fall of PKR 2.41 from previous day’s closing of PKR 233.91 in interbank foreign exchange market.
Market analysts said that the nomination of Ishaq Dar had sent positive sentiments to the foreign exchange market.
Ishaq Dar sworn in as senator on Tuesday after returning to Pakistan. Previously, he was known to effectively control the exchange rate in the last tenure of PML (N) government.
Meanwhile, the international oil prices are also crashed which helped the rupee to make gain.
It is worth mentioning that the rupee on last Friday recovered against the dollar after witnessed a consecutive 15-session fall.
During this period the local currency depreciated by PKR 21.10 against the dollar from the interbank closing on September 01, 2022 at PKR 218.60.
The local currency witnessed the historic low at PKR 239.94 to the dollar on July 28, 2022.
Currency experts said that the rupee was recovered because of contraction in current account deficit. Pakistan current account deficit recorded a contraction of 19 per cent during first two months (July – August) of the current fiscal year 2022/2023.
Further, the experts said that the recent measures taken by the SBP also helped the rupee to gain value.
However, the rupee failed to get support from the latest announcement of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) about the funds of Saudi Arabia.
The rupee has witnessed a continuous depreciation against the greenback even after the inflows received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The local currency recorded some recovery against the greenback after the IMF fund was transferred to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). However, the removal of sanction on import of luxury and non-essential items the rupee again started free fall.