 Pakistan Post released four commemorative stamps in July 1948 for the country 's first independence anniversary . Three of the four stamps depicted places from Pakistan while the fourth stamp depicted a motif . The stamps were inscribed " 15th August 1947 " because of the prevailing confusion of actual date of independence . In 1997 , Pakistan celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence . The State Bank of Pakistan issued a special banknote of rupee 5 depicting the tomb of Baha @-@ ud @-@ din Zakariya on 13 August 1997 , commemorating the 50th independence day . On the front of the note a star burst is encircled by Fifty Years Anniversary of Freedom in Urdu and ' 1947 – 1997 ' in numerals . 
