Pakistan Islamic Finance Industry Engagement Session

The Pakistan Islamic Finance Industry Engagement Session is an initiative by the IFSB Secretariat to provide an interactive platform for communication between the various Islamic financial services industry stakeholders and the IFSB Secretariat. In this one-day session, the IFSB will provide an update on the progress and developments of the global Islamic financial services industry, and enable the participants to interact and exchange views on the prospects and challenges of Islamic finance in Pakistan, in-line with the workstream and mandate of the IFSB. Participants will also benefit from a thematic technical workshop which will feature discussions on recent innovations in Sukuk structures and its utilisation by the Islamic financial services industry.   Programme – Event Session(s)

Date	Time	Topics
Day 1 22/10/2018	09:00 – 09:30	Registration
	09:30 – 09:45	Welcoming Address SPEAKER: H.E. Tariq Bajwa, Governor – State Bank of Pakistan
	09:45 – 10:10	Presentation on Global Islamic Finance and the IFSB SPEAKER: Dr. Bello Lawal Danbatta, Secretary-General, IFSB
	10:10 – 11:00	Interactive Session on Islamic Finance in Pakistan: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward  SPEAKERS Dr. Bello Lawal Danbatta, Secretary-General, IFSB Mr. Zahid ur Rehman Khokher, Assistant Secretary-General, IFSB Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Abbasi, Director – Islamic Banking Department, State Bank of Pakistan
	11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
	11:30 – 13:00	Thematic Workshop – Session 1: Introduction to Sukuk: Structures and Utilisation SPEAKER: Mr. Syed Faiq Najeeb, Head of Standards Development, IFSB
	13:00 – 14:30	Lunch and Prayer Break
	14:30 – 16:30	Thematic Workshop – Session 2: Recent Innovation and Market Gaps: New Frontiers for Sukuk SPEAKER: Mr. Syed Faiq Najeeb, Head of Standards Development, IFSB

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