State Bank to issue 50-rupee coin in memory of Edhi

Governor State Bank Ashraf Mahmood Wathra addressing a memorial reference at the central bank premises here paid glowing tributes to Abdul Sattar Edhi.

He said that the government has decided to issue a memorial coin of 50 rupees, on the recommendation of the central bank, to pay tribute to late Abdul Sattar Edhi.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the State Bank of Pakistan to issue a commemorative coin in honour of the revered humanitarian and philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi who passed away on July 8.

Abdul Sattar Edhi was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 but was unable to get a transplant due to frail health and received treatment at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation.