{"id":70677,"date":"2024-03-13T06:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/video-of-half-printed-currency-notes-triggers-outrage-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T06:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:58:05","slug":"video-of-half-printed-currency-notes-triggers-outrage-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/video-of-half-printed-currency-notes-triggers-outrage-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of half-printed currency notes triggers outrage on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The screengrabs from the video show the misprinted reverse side of what would otherwise be legal tender.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

KARACHI: A video purportedly made by a bank staffer showing incomplete half-printed banknotes sparked concerns among social media users and the people, prompting the State Bank of Pakistan to announce an investigation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The video<\/a> surfaced on social media depicts a man calling himself the manager of the Model Colony branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP). He can be seen holding two Rs1,000 currency notes which are blank from the backside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea how many bundles have been dispatched already. These were returned by a customer and that is how we got to know about it,\u201d he said. Then he proceeded to zoom in on a table where another bank employee sat, inspecting currency notes in a bundle. As the worker flipped through, one note after the fourth turned out blank on the back.<\/p>\n

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SBP says the matter is being investigated to ascertain its veracity<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cEvery packet has at least two notes like this,\u201d the manager said in the video.<\/p>\n

Dawn<\/em> tried to reach a spokesperson for the NBP for his version but there was no response.<\/p>\n

The video went viral on social media as in just a few hours, it circulated on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram, gaining thousands of views and comments, particularly on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe very careful when you are taking cash from bank and ATMs. Verify and check each and every note personally,\u201d Advocate Khalid Khan Lodhi, a verified X user wrote while sharing the original video.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is carelessness of printing staff of Pakistan Security Printing Press Karachi, and State Bank is equally responsible,\u201d another user commented under the video posted by \u2018Karachi Se\u2019, a public account on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf these are new bundles, then this is extremely irresponsible behaviour by the State Bank,\u201d Facebook user Faisal Butt commented.<\/p>\n

\u201cState Bank of Pakistan should take serious action against this,\u201d another comment read under the post.<\/p>\n

The video was also widely shared in different groups of Facebook. Some people called out the bank manager for not reaching out to the line of reporting and posting a video on social media instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cash should have been sorted before the bundles went out,\u201d user Umar Farooq commented under the video which was shared on \u2018Bankers Forum\u2019, a Facebook group dedicated to the information regarding banks in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u201cDirectly report to your bank\u2019s cash house instead of posting a video on social media,\u201d user Abdullah Soomro commented in the same group.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the chief spokesman of the SBP said the matter was being investigated to find out whether it was factual or not. He said this was a rare incident and it happened once in a blue moon.<\/p>\n

If true, this was the case of only one branch of a bank, he added.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n