Gold guides

Plain answers to what people ask us across the counter.

21K, 22K or 24K gold: what the numbers meanاکیس، بائیس اور چوبیس قیراط سونے میں فرقHow pure each karat is, why jewellery is made in 21K and 22K, and how the purity changes the price.
Tola, masha and ratti to gramsتولہ، ماشہ اور رتی کو گرام میںThe weights the bazaar uses and what they are in grams, with a converter.
How the price of gold jewellery is madeسونے کے زیور کی قیمت کیسے بنتی ہےThe gold, the making and the stones: what each part of a jewellery price is, and why the price changes every day.
Selling or exchanging your old goldپرانا سونا بیچنا یا بدلناWhat a shop checks when you bring old gold, why less than the day's rate is paid, and why exchanging usually gets you more.
Zakat on gold: nisab and how to work it outسونے پر زکوٰۃThe nisab for gold, how zakat is worked out at 2.5%, and a calculator at today's rate.