KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan Governor Tariq Bajwa and German Ambas­sador to Pakistan Martin Kobler unveiled a Rs50 commemorative coin at the SBP headquarters on Tuesday in memory of Dr Ruth Pfau.

The coin will be available to people from Wednesday (today).

Mr Bajwa said they had issued commemorative coins in the past for great people like Quaid-i-Azam, Allama Iqbal, Fatima Jinnah and Abdul Sattar Edhi.

Mr Kobler, on the occasion, thanked the government of Pakistan.

The ceremony was attended by Consul General of Germany in Karachi Rainer Schmiedchen, Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre Karachi CEO Mervyn F. Lobo and others.

Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2018