ICC Note:
Pakistan is to issue 50,000 commemorative coins in honor of a Catholic nun known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa. Sister Ruth Martha Pfau devoted her life to running a leprosy center in the southern city of Karachi with the goal of eradicating the disease from the country. Sister Pfau died at the age of 87 last August and was given a state funeral, an honor usually reserved only for heads of state and soldiers.
11/15/2017 Pakistan (Christians in Pakistan) – Government of Pakistan will issue 50,000 commemorative coins in respect of German-born Catholic nun and physician, Sister Ruth Martha Pfau who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in the country.
According to a statement issued by the Press Information Department on Nov. 8, a federal cabinet meeting headed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi approved a proposal to produce 50,000 commemorative 50 rupee coins (48 US Cents) in honor of Sister Ruth Pfau.
The Central Bank of Pakistan was authorized to issue the commemorative coins, it added.
Known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa, Sister Pfau died in Karachi on Aug. 10 at the age of 87. She was given a state funeral, an honor normally reserved for heads of state and soldiers.
Sister Ruth Pfau was a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary and founded the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center in Karachi and in all provinces after coming in Pakistan in 1960 at the age of 29.
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