The Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance (IBA CEIF) in collaboration with NIBAF (State Bank of Pakistan), Meezan Bank Limited and Ihsan Trust conducted a five-day Learning Workshop on Islamic Banking & Finance for the faculty members of Universities from Monday, 5th August 2024 to Friday, 9th August 2024 at Institute of Bankers Pakistan, MT Khan Road, Karachi.
The training program was attended by approximately 40 faculty members including Lecturers, Professors and Assistant Professors from various universities. The objective of the course was to bridge the industry and academia gap as well as the trainers/teachers can be trained with sufficient knowledge of Islamic Banking & Finance.
The trainers elaborated upon the differences between Islamic Banking and conventional banking and also shed light on fundamental ideas, concepts, and principles of Islamic banking and finance. The principles of Islamic contracts and transactions were also discussed by the trainers.
The sessions also covered the deposit side of Islamic Banks as well as asset side, modes of Islamic finance and on Islamic Capital Markets etc.
Following were the trainers: Mufti Irshad Ahmed Aijaz – Chairman Shariah Supervisory Board, BankIslami, Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Abbasi – Director IBD-SBP, Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed – Pro Chancelor Al Ghazali University, Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui – SEVP & Head Shariah Compliance Department, Meezan Bank & Director IBA CEIF, Dr. Irum Saba – Program Director MS Islamic Banking & Finance, IBA, Mr. Tariq Nasim – Head Islamic Finance, SECP, Mr. Tariq Mehraj – Financial Controller, Meezan Bank Ltd, Farhan ul Haq Usmani – EVP & Head Shariah Audit Meezan Bank Ltd, Mufti Bilal Ahmed Qazi – Shariah Board Member, Soneri Bank, Mr. Fayyaz ur Rehman Khan – General Manager, Ihsan Trust, Mr. Shayan Ahmed Baig – EVP & Deputy Head, SCD, Meezan Bank Ltd, Maulana Syed Mazhar Abbas Zaidi – Executive Committee Member, Al Sadiq Institute of Islamic Banking, Finance & Takaful, Mufti Zubair Ahmed – Shariah Board Member, Meezan Bank Ltd
