Karachi September 29 2022: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday has officially issued a commemorative banknote of Rs 75 in honour of the diamond jubilee of the country’s independence.
It is pertinent to mention that the design of the said commemorative banknote was already unveiled on August 14, 2022, during a ceremony, here, at SBP headquarters, said a statement issued by SBP on Thursday.
The commemorative banknote has been designed to pay tribute to the national leaders, who played the heroic and fundamental role in the creation of Pakistan.
For that matter, the banknote is graced with the portraits of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan regarded as the key figures in the creation and setting the road map for an independent Muslim state of the sub-continent.
The commemorative banknote will be available for the general public from SBP BSC offices and Commercial Banks’s branches from tomorrow (Friday).
This banknote is legal tender under section 25 of the SBP Act, 1956, and can be used as medium of exchange for all transactions across Pakistan.
The issuance of the said commemorative note comes after 25 years as the first note of such kind was issued to mark the fifty years of independence of the country, in 1997.
In addition, the themes and concepts for both the obverse and reverse sides of the banknote were developed by SBP and local artists.
In dissemination of sensitivity related to the climate change, the reverse of the banknote highlights Pakistan’s commitment towards it and its repercussions for the country in the light of unprecedented loss caused by the recent torrential rains and flooding in large parts of Pakistan.
The images of national animal Markhor and national tree Deodar on the reverse also highlight the danger of extinction of such species and the need to preserve them.
