How many Pakistani Rupees it takes to buy one Saudi Riyal — a closely watched rate for Pakistan's large Saudi-based expatriate community.
No historical SAR/PKR trend chart is available — SBP does not publish a dedicated SAR/PKR historical series; only the live cross-rate above is available. SAR/PKR moves are driven almost entirely by USD/PKR, since the Saudi Riyal has been pegged to the US Dollar since 1986.
Live rate only — no historical SAR/PKR series is published by SBP.
The SAR/PKR rate shows how many Pakistani Rupees are needed to buy one Saudi Riyal. It's computed from live USD cross-rates, since SAR and PKR are both quoted against the US Dollar internationally.
The Saudi Riyal has been pegged to the US Dollar at a fixed rate of 3.75 SAR per USD since 1986 — Saudi Arabia's central bank (SAMA) maintains this peg directly. That means SAR/PKR movements are driven almost entirely by changes in the USD/PKR rate, not by any independent movement of the Riyal itself.
Saudi Arabia hosts one of the largest populations of overseas Pakistani workers, making this one of the most economically significant exchange rates for remittance flows into Pakistan.
Saudi Arabia is consistently among the top sources of remittances to Pakistan — the SAR/PKR rate directly determines how much Pakistani Rupees a Riyal-denominated remittance converts to for families back home.
Because the Riyal is pegged to the Dollar, anyone tracking SAR/PKR for remittance planning is, in effect, tracking USD/PKR — a depreciating Rupee against the Dollar means more Rupees per Riyal sent home, all else equal.