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1000 Rupees Islamic Summit Conference
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 1000 Rupees |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a large circular emblem of the Second Islamic Summit Conference, comprising a stylised Arabic calligraphic device within a circular medallion, surrounded by an inner ring bearing Arabic script. Two five-pointed stars flank the lower portion of the central medallion. The outer legend 'ISLAMIC SUMMIT 1974' is inscribed in Latin characters arching across the upper field, while 'PAKISTAN' appears along the lower rim in Latin capitals. The date '1977' is engraved in the exergue below. The entire composition is enclosed within a reeded border. |
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Issued to commemorate the Third Islamic Summit Conference held in Lahore in February 1974 — not 1977, which is the strike year — this coin was produced under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government at a moment when Pakistan was positioning itself as a central voice in pan-Islamic diplomacy. Bhutto had orchestrated the Lahore summit personally, hosting 37 heads of state and cementing the recognition of Bangladesh as a condition of the conference, a politically loaded concession he had resisted since the 1971 war.
Bhutto was executed in April 1979, two years after this coin was struck under his own administration.