By DPA
Islamabad : The speaker of Pakistan’s parliament has ordered an inquiry into why the national flag depicted on the new 1,000 rupee banknote is not in green but red and carries a close resemblance to its Turkish equivalent.
The probe follows a protest by a member of the ruling Pakistani Muslim League, Rashid Akbar Khan, against the design, which while including Pakistan’s – and Turkey’s – crescent and star emblem, also lacks the distinguishing white stripe on the flag’s left-hand border.
“It is a big mistake and it should be rectified,” Khan said, the Dawn newspaper reported.
A senior finance official told the National Assembly that a cabinet committee had approved the note, which went into circulation in late 2006 and is worth the equivalent of $16.