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Dollar touches new all-time high at Rs176 in interbank trade

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By SRI NewsDesk Published November 12, 2021
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The US dollar on Friday reached an all-time high against the rupee, soaring to Rs176 in the interbank market in intraday trading.

In the open market, meanwhile, the dollar rose by Rs1.70 and was being traded at Rs178.

Zafar Paracha, chairman of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan, told Dawn.com that the dollar had depreciated to Rs169.50 after Saudi Arabia revived financial support and oil supplies to Pakistan, however, “the statement from the finance adviser (Shaukat Tarin) in which he predicted further rise in the dollar’s value provided space to speculators and they manipulated the market.”

According to Paracha, the delay in the finalization of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan program was also one of the reasons for the dollar rise “because if this program was approved, we would have received $1 billion immediately”.

He said only an intervention from the State Bank of Pakistan could contain the skyrocketing value of the greenback.

Paracha also demanded action against banks allegedly involved in the dollar speculation.

Meanwhile, Mettis Global — a web-based financial data and analytics portal — quoted Asad Rizvi, the former treasury head at Chase Manhattan bank, as saying: “PKR that was holding up relatively well after the news of the Saudi deposit […] in hope of getting the IMF nod lost nearly 440 paisa in nine days due to delay.”

INTER BANK#PKR that was holding up relatively well after the news of Saudi deposit & in hope of getting IMF nod lost nearly 440 paisa in 9-days due to delay.
Last nights Saudi ambassador’s tweet should help, but IMF announcement delay could still keep market nervous. https://t.co/Mi7OzHMZq4

— Asad Rizvi (@asadcmka) November 12, 2021

On October 27, the dollar had crossed the Rs175 mark to set a new record, with one currency dealer saying that “nobody knows where is the boundary of this devaluation of the local currency.”

Last week, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin had announced that an agreement with the IMF over the revival of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility had been reached and a formal accord would be signed later in the week.

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