Exchange companies are removing the dollar cap to disrupt the gray market

Exchange companies take major decision. 
 Bone anticipated to trade between 254- 257.  
Decision taken to  check  slate  request. 

KARACHI In a major decision, the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan( ECAP) has decided to remove the cap on the US bone

            , effective from  hereafter( Wednesday), hoping to end the surging" artificial" demand for the  note in the  request.   The bone

             is  presently being traded at three different rates — the  sanctioned rate of the State Bank of Pakistan, the exchange companies' rate, and the rate in the black  request.   In a statement on Tuesday, after a meeting of the ECAP members, the association said it was withdrawing the cap on the US bone

             as the limit was causing adverse  goods.  " There was artificial demand in the  request as people would buy the bone

             from us and  vend it in the  slate  request," the association's statement mentioned,  pressing the impact of different rates.   As a result of the people  concluding for this, the business was shifting from  sanctioned channels to the  slate bones

            , hurting not only the reserves but also dealing losses to the exchange companies.   Explaining the reason behind the  junking of the cap, the association said that once the bone

             was allowed to trade at the  request value, the  guests would automatically shift from the  slate  request to the  licit channels.   In a  discussion withGeo.tv after the meeting, ECAP General Secretary Zafar Paracha said that as  important as 90 of the demand was" fictitious" — people would buy bones

             from  sanctioned channels and  vend
them to illegitimate dealers.  " Through this step, we aim to  give people with the  factual value of their  plutocrat. force of the bone

             will increase and demand will come down; it'll have a positive impact on the  request."   Paracha added that although the rates would be determined by  request forces, he  forefelt the bone

             being traded at Rs254- 257 —  near to the price in the black  request.   In response to a question whether he believes Finance Minister Ishaq Dar would remove the cap placed on the bone

            , Paracha said" I'm hopeful that  effects will move in a better direction."   The ECAP general clerk said that in the last 8- 10 days, the bone

            's value had increased against the rupee which closed at230.40 in the interbank  request  moment.