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A ruling coalition lawmaker, Rasheed Akbar Khan, Wednesday said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has printed a red flag on rupee 1000 currency note that should be replaced by Pakistan flag. Speaking in the National Assembly on a point of order, he said the SBP has committed a blunder by printing erroneous currency note with Turkish flag which should be immediately rectified. “Pakistan’s flag is green while the red flag is that of Turkey. Action should be taken against the person responsible for the error,” Rasheed Akbar said.

Speaker National Assembly pointed out that the earlier practice of stapling the currency notes has also been replaced by tying them with rubber string, which makes it easier to remove some notes from a stack. Omar Ayub, when asked by the speaker to take action on both the issues, said he will convey the message to the SBP and inform the house on Thursday.

But when the speaker said that since he was the minister for finance and the controlling authority, mere conveying of message to the SBP will not serve the purpose, Omar said the cabinet committee was already aware of these two issues.

Pervez Malik said the onus also rests on the cabinet committee that had approved the design of the note. Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain later referred the matter to National Assembly’s standing committee on Cabinet Division and asked them to report to the House within one month after a thorough probe.

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