New designs will likely be launched for banknotes of Rs100, Rs500, Rs1,000 and Rs5,000 denomination
The federal authorities has determined to introduce newly-designed foreign money notes after the formal approval from the federal cupboard. The choice was taken throughout a cupboard assembly chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the Prime Minister’s Home within the federal capital on Wednesday.
The cupboard was briefed by the Ministry of Finance on the proposed design of banknotes, issued by the State Financial institution of Pakistan. Officers instructed the assembly that the brand new foreign money notes are being designed consistent with the trendy worldwide requirements, with the providers of worldwide consultants engaged for the method. New designs will likely be launched for the banknotes of Rs100, Rs500, Rs1,000 and Rs5,000 denomination.
In line with the briefing, the redesigned notes will function improved safety threads to reinforce safety in opposition to counterfeiting. The designs may also mirror Pakistan’s regional and geographical variety, in addition to its historic landmarks.
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As well as, themes resembling girls’s contribution to nationwide growth and local weather change will likely be included into the art work. To additional deliberate on the designs, the cupboard authorised the formation of particular cupboard committee to overview the proposed foreign money notes earlier than their remaining rollout.
In the course of the assembly, the cupboard directed that the draft Personal Hajj Coverage 2027–2030, offered by the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs and Interfaith Concord, be referred again to the Hajj Coverage Committee for additional consideration. The draft pertains to the registration and third-party verification of personal Hajj operator corporations.
The cupboard additionally ratified selections taken by the Cupboard Committee on Power in its assembly held on December 24, 2025, in addition to selections made by the Financial Coordination Committee in its assembly on December 23, 2025.
