Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
- Symbol
- Rs — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- Rs 123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 277.9732 PKR (sbp, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 15-16% — services provincial
Payment methods in Pakistan
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 easypaisa
- 03 jazzcash
- 04 card
- 05 bank transfer
- 06 raast
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, paypak, unionpay. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ur-PK
- Also used
- en-PK
- Official languages
- Urdu, English
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +92
- Mobile format
- +92 3XX XXXXXXX
- Digits
- 10
Pakistan: common questions
What currency does Pakistan use?
Pakistan uses the Pakistani Rupee (PKR), symbol Rs. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as Rs 123,456.78.
How many decimal places does PKR have?
PKR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the Sales Tax rate in Pakistan?
The standard Sales Tax rate in Pakistan is 18.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Pakistan?
The methods that matter in Pakistan, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, easypaisa, jazzcash, card, bank transfer, raast.
What is the dialling code for Pakistan?
Pakistan's country calling code is +92. Mobile numbers are formatted +92 3XX XXXXXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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