Rupee gains 20 paisas in open market on monitoring to prevent money laundering

Rupee gains 20 paisas in open market on monitoring to prevent money laundering

KARACHI: The Pak Rupee gained 20 paisas against dollar on Saturday amid improved inflows in the open market and tight monitoring of law enforcement agency to prevent money laundering.

The buying and selling of dollar was recorded at Rs141.30/Rs141.80 as compared with previous day’s closing of Rs141.50/Rs142.00 in cash ready market.

Currency dealers said that the steps taken by the government to curb money laundering through money exchanges had resulted in availability of greenback for general public.

The dealers said that during past few months the regulators and law enforcement agencies had taken various measures to stop money laundering and Hawala and Hundi.