The Bank Notes of Pakistan – 1947 to 1972
The Bank Notes of Pakistan – 1947 to 1972
This brings us to the end of the notes issued in Pakistan from the period 1947 to 1972. Following several years in which the fifth issue circulated, Pakistan released a new series of notes, based on entirely new designs.
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The following lists detail the signatories of the bank notes, the bank note types, and the signature varieties of the bank notes described above. There are three lists of signatories, these being: the early signatories, the Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan, and the Secretaries of the Ministry of the Treasury.
Early Signatures
Signature
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Name
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Period of office
|
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C. E. Jones
(Secretary, Finance Department — Govt. of India)
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(Unknown)
|
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C. D. Deshmukh
(Governor, Reserve Bank of India)
|
15 August 1947 to
30 June 1949
|
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Ghulam Mohammed
(Minister of the Treasury, Pakistan)
|
1948 to 1951
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Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan
Signature
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Name (and reference id)
|
Period of Office
|
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G1. Zahid Hussain
|
June 1948 to
19 July 1953
|
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G2. Abdul Qadir
|
20 July 1953 to
19 July 1960
|
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G3. Shujaat Ali Hasnie
(Urdu signature)
|
20 July 1960 to
19 July 1967
|
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G4. Shujaat Ali Hasnie
(English signature)
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As above
|
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G5. Mahbubur Raschid
(Bengali & Urdu signatures)
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20 July 1967 to
30 June 1971
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G6. Shakirullah Durrani
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1 July 1971 to
21 December 1971
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G7. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
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22 December 1971 to
November 1975
|
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G8. S. Osman Ali
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December 1975 to
14 July 1978
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Notes carrying signature No. G5 have often been described as a peculiar variety with ‘two signatures’, as if two different people had signed the notes. While there are in fact two signatures, they belong to the same man, with one being in Benagli and the other in Urdu. Therefore, notes carrying this signature variety should not be distinguished as anything but a signature variety.
Secretaries of the Ministry of the Treasury
Signature
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Name (and reference id)
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Period of office
|
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S1. Victor Turner
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14 January 1947 to
1 February 1950
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S2. Abdul Qadir
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1 February 1950 to
25 July 1952
|
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S3. Mumtaz Hussain
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25 July 1952 to
(Unknown)
|
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S4. Shujaat Ali Hasnie
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(Unknown)
|
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S5. Mohammed Ayub
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(Unknown)
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S6. Hafiz Abdul Majid
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1 November 1958 to
19 June 1961
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S7. Mumtaz Mirza
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19 June 1961 to
28 February 1963
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S8. Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad
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6 March 1963 to
30 May 1966
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S9. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
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31 May 1966 to
8 September 1970
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S10. A. G. N. Kazi
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8 September 1970 to
20 August 1973
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S11. Abdur Rauf Shaikh
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20 August 1973 to
6 October 1977
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