Sukuk Market and Sukuk Developments Manzar Naqvi Global Sukuk (Islamic Bond) issuance is expected to reach US$90 billion to US$100 billion in 2018 (one year), with more volume expected from Malaysia and…
Vision of Quid-e-Azam and Pakistan
Each year we celebrate 25th Dec as Our Quid e Azam day along with Christmas by our Christian brothers. We are now in seventh decade after getting Pakistan with a vision by…
Islamic Banking & Finance Page 21st December 2018
Indonesia on Financial Inclusion and Islamic Finance Manzar Naqvi The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and Bank Indonesia successfully conducted a joint public seminar and workshop on financial inclusion and Islamic finance…
State Bank Needs Structural and Qualitative Changes in Its Programs and Administrative Set up
The State Bank of Pakistan in its 2018 reports have emphasized for broad-based and deep structural reforms in key areas of the economy to address longstanding structural issues, which are impeding investment,…
Islamic Banking & Finance Page 14th December 2018
Islamic Financial Services Board’s (IFSB) Strategic Performance Plan (SPP) for 2019-2021 Manzar Naqvi The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is an international standard-setting organization that promotes and enhances the soundness and stability…
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PKR DEPRECIATION?
PKR has depreciated by another 15.70 % since September 2018 when it was at Rs 121/- per US Dollar. Now it is at Rs 139-140 per US Dollar in Dec 2018. PKR…
Islamic Banking & Finance Page 7th December 2018
What shape Meezan Bank Pakistan is going to acquire in future Muhammad Arif Since some time three banks in Pakistan i.e. Bank Alfalah (BAFL), Meezan Bank (MEBL), and Faysal Bank (FABL) owned…
Whether Uncertainty has gone?
Imran Khan Government has completed its 100 days with lot of claims but it looks we are still standing at the fronts of uncertainties. On 30th Nov PM in his address highlighted…
Islamic Banking & Finance Page 30 November 2018
Takafuk (Islamic Insurance) in 2018 Muhammad Arif The global Takaful market reached US$ 19 Billion in 2017. The market is further projected to exceed US$ 40 Billion by 2023, at a CAGR…
Journalism in Pakistan under threat
While attending a meeting of Editors Club on crisis of Media in Pakistan on Nov 26, 2018, I was thinking that what the actual reasons of current crisis of media are in…