Pakistan to issue new notes to combat counterfeit currencies

Karachi: Pakistan’s central bank has announced that it will introduce new currency notes with enhanced security features to deal with the menace of counterfeit currencies in the cash-strapped country.

The Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmed told the media here that the currency notes will be incorporated with advanced



international security features, including distinct security numbers and design to modernise the Pakistani currency.

Ahmed also said the transition would be gradual so that Pakistan does not face disruption and public panic problems as has been witnessed in some other countries in the past.