CEIF & Bank Islami - Recruitment Drive & Awareness Session
Dr. Ishrat Husain held a Press conference at IBA City Campus on
13th November 2015 to introduce the Center of Excellence in Islamic
Finance (CEIF) to the media and to highlight its purpose and goals.
Dr.Ishrat Husain informed the media of the current gap in human
resource needed for the industry and the need for setting up this
centre. Dr. Ishrat pointed out the need to have professionals with
blended knowledge of both Shariah and Banking. He further stressed
on the bankers to focus on SME and agricultural financing and move
away from collateral based lending to program lending based on
profit sharing modes.
Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director CEIF, shared some industry facts
with media while Dr.Zeeshan Ahmed, Member Academic Committee, spoke
about the increasing popularity of Islamic Finance among the
students of various top universities of Pakistan.