Pakistan set to issue Bhutto coin

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Pakistan set to issue Bhutto coin

Pakistan is to issue a commemorative coin to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The State Bank of Pakistan will issue about 300,000 special 10-rupee (16 US cents) coins.

The coin will read in Urdu, "Daughter of the East, Benazir Bhutto".

Ms Bhutto was killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack in Rawalpindi on 27 December last year after an election rally for her Pakistan People's Party.

The coin will be issued on 27 December, the bank announced.

Ms Bhutto has already had Islamabad's international airport named after her, along with a hospital in Rawalpindi and a key road.

Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, became co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, which won February's elections. He took over as Pakistan's president in September.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan set to issue Bhutto coin

[Imran Khan]

good for bb lovers.not relese any images of coin???????/

[ajpirzada]

dont u think she wasnt that great to deserve all this??? her father was much much better. anyways she is dead and i shouldnt be sayin this and its PPP gov which gives them the right to honour their leader.

[Patriot]

tum kitney bhutto marogey ... har jaib se bhutto nikleyga =P

[Rabzon]

tum kitney bhutto marogey ... har jaib se bhutto nikleyga =P

Good one!

[dabong1]

I think a bhutto coin would have been better then a benazir bhutto coin.
Maybe you could have father and daughter on the same coin..?

Bhutto international would be better then benazir bhutto international.

[Bezerk]

I think a bhutto coin would have been better then a benazir bhutto coin.
Maybe you could have father and daughter on the same coin..?

Bhutto international would be better then benazir bhutto international.

Benazir coin seems like a joke. But since they're SO keen on giving her this honour, they should seriously follow your advice about the father and daughter memorial coin.

Btw, we should've given the same honour to Dr. A.Q Khan. No matter what the international view remains, he was and STILL is a hero for the Pakistani people. Just take a trip on Motorway LHR-RWP and try counting the infinite amount of Trucks with his picture glorified on the back.

[dabong1]

Benazir coin seems like a joke. But since they're SO keen on giving her this honour, they should seriously follow your advice about the father and daughter memorial coin.

Btw, we should've given the same honour to Dr. A.Q Khan. No matter what the international view remains, he was and STILL is a hero for the Pakistani people. Just take a trip on Motorway LHR-RWP and try counting the infinite amount of Trucks with his picture glorified on the back.

We should make AQKhan the president

[Evil Flare]

Completely Agreeed !!!

[AliFarooq]

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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has introduced Dukhtar-e-Mashriq Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) Commemorative Coin of Rs. 10 value on the eve of her first death anniversary.

All the Field Offices of SBP BSC (Bank) will start issuance of Rs. 10 commemorative coin through their exchange counters from December 26, said SBP statement issued here on Wednesday.

The metal composition, colour, dimension and design of the coin are following; Metal Composition is copper nickel, copper (75%) and Nickel (25%). Colour is white, dimension is 27.5 mm, weight is 8.25 gms (Remedy allowed not exceeding 1/40th).

On obverse side, the waxing crescent moon and a five-pointed star facing northwest in rising position is in the centre. Along with periphery on the top of the crescent star is inscribed in wording Islami Jamhoria Pakistan in Urdu script. Below the crescent and at the top of two springs of wheat with arms curved upward, there is the year of issuance 2008.

The face value of the coin in numeral is 10 in bold letters and Rupee in Urdu Script are written on the right and left sides of crescent star respectively. A circle of small beads is all along the edge of the coin.

On the reverse side; in the centre of the reverse side, the coin bears portrait of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) and inscribed in wording in Urdu script along with periphery on the top of the portrait. On the left and right sides of the portrait, year of birth and demise are inscribed respectively in numeral wording. A circle of small beads is all along the edge of the coin.

The existing Rs. 10 banknotes will continue to be legal tender and will remain in circulation along with the other Rs. 10 coins, said SBP statement.