A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday by Meezan Bank Limited (MBL) with Publicitas Pvt Ltd (PPL) at the MBL head office to be the Technical Supporter for World Islamic Finance Summit (WIFS) 2011. This agreement was signed in the presence of Ahmed Ali Siddiqui and Fayyaz ur Rehman Khan from MBL while from World Islamic Finance Summit, Syed Shahjahan Salahuddin and Ozair Hanafi were present.
WIFS is a two-day summit being organised by Publicitas Pvt Limited with support from the State Bank of Pakistan. This summit is endorsed by a 'Consultative Group' comprising senior bankers, Islamic finance specialists and academicians including Syed Salim Raza-Former Governor State Bank of Pakistan; Muneer Kamal-Chairman KSE; Irfan Siddiqui - CEO & President, Meezan Bank Ltd and Muhammad Ayub - Director Research & Training, Riphah International University Islamabad.
A large number of prominent practitioners and experts in Islamic finance from the region including the Middle East, Malaysia, Indonesia and other key Islamic countries are expected to attend this two-day summit which is due to be held on 21-22 September 2011 in Karachi. Speakers and chairpersons representing regional and Pakistani Islamic finance institutions will be making presentations and deliberating on practical issues and opportunities, specifically those which can move the Islamic finance to its next level.
This summit is being organised at a suitable time when Pakistan and Islamic countries in the region have various successful programs and products, which can serve as the key elements for discussion during the summit. It will be a high profile event which has already started generating interest both locally and internationally as queries have flooded in the WIFS Secretariat and delegate registration process has commenced.-PR
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