Career opportunities for youth in Islamic Banking discussed.

KARACHI -- Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University, in collaboration with BankIslami Pakistan on Monday, organized a seminar on Emerging Trends, Career Opportunities for Youth in Islamic Banking and Finance.

The Zeal Canada and Dolmen Group were co-sponsors, said a Hamdard University's press release.

HIMS's Associate Dean Prof Dr. Amir Adam said the seminar would play a key role in spreading awareness of the prohibition of riba (interest) in Islam and highlighted the injunction by Federal Shariat Court in its recent verdict on riba to do away with it completely in five years.

The moderator and organizer of the event, Dr. Muhammad Wasie Fasih Butt said that this seminar was aimed to present holistic picture of Islamic finance ecosystem, forecasting its future trends, thus guiding the current finance students in choosing the right direction for their successful yet halal career path.

The seminar consisted for two sessions, one on emerging trends and career opportunities in Islamic Banking Institutions while the second one was about on the same theme in Islamic Non-Banking Financial Institutions.

Eminent scholars and practitioners from various leading financial institutions shared their views.

Chief guest, Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Shaikhul Hadith Jamia Darululoom Karachi and Chairman Shariah Board, MBL) addressed the seminar through dedicated audio message and advised University students and madressa graduates to acquire in-depth knowledge of Islamic finance and admired the universities providing related degree programmes.

President and CEO of BankIslami Syed Amir Ali endorsed the theme of seminar, saying Muhammad bin Qasim (the great Muslim general) entered Sindh by using modern technology of that time.

He stressed on how the Muslims led the world for hundreds of years with advancement in technology and economic system along with their spiritual power. He emphasized on designing more technology based customer friendly products in Islamic banks.

He encouraged the students to take benefit from 'Deen Connect' app launched by Bank Islami in Feb, 2021 as a free of cost Islamic awareness program aimed at assisting all Muslims - both customers and non-customers - in acquiring knowledge of Islam in an easy and convenient manner at their own pace and space.

Amir congratulated the management of Hamdard University, his alma mater, for organizing this awareness session.

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