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Commercial banks around the globe have designed and utilized Islamic financial instruments according to the rules of Shariah. Section 5(b)…
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State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has unveiled the third five-year Strategic Plan for the development of Islamic Banking in the…
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The origin of the modern Islamic banking system can be traced back to the very birth of Islam when the…
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To eradicate Riba is duty of every Muslim and custodians of Islamic financial system Al Meezan leads in offering first…
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Stocks falter on fear of lockdown, index loses 1.3 wow Summary Turmoil developed over the weekend on the law and…
Lockdown fear, declining bond yields may weaken sentiments Bond yields in the secondary market of Pakistan came down by 5-12…
Published in The Nation Apr 26th, 2021, LAHORE – Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the fastest batsman to reach 2,000…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said US President Joe Biden needed ‘to look in the mirror’ when calling the century-old…
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Iranian military chief says ‘the resistance front will give the Zionists a fundamental response’ [File: Atta Kenare/AFP] Published in AlJazeera…
Published in The Nation Apr 26th, 2021, The global military expenditure has hit its highest level since 1988 with nearly…
Israeli jets hit targets in Gaza Strip after missile attacks Published in Dawn Apr 25th, 2021, AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes…
Prime Minister launches scholarship program Presently PM Imran Khan in Pakistan launched the Rehmatul-Lil Alameen scholarship program for intermediate and…
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China’s economy roars ahead as engine for global growth China’s economic indicators for the first quarter of 2021 have been…
Are we doing enough digitalisation? While the world rushes towards increased adoption of digitalisation, Pakistan is still lagging far behind.…
Lockdowns hinder the demolition market once again The ships’ recycling market has sustained a halt over the past days, as…
Could Iraq really become OPEC’s largest oil producer? Iraq’s Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, announced last week that the country plans…
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NBP funds health takaful plan launched NBP Funds announced the launch of NBP Funds Health Takaful Plan that gives you…
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[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Apr 26, 2021[/box] The scale of the U.S. domination of the global military spending…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Apr 26, 2021[/box] It was a big night for Netflix at the 93rd Oscars…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Apr 26, 2021[/box] As a result of early efforts to secure vaccine candidates, a quick…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Apr 26, 2021[/box] The European Union exported 32.7 million tonnes of waste in 2020, according…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Apr 23, 2021[/box] The Statista Global Consumer Survey reveals that Europeans and Russians have some…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Apr 23, 2021[/box] Citizens of Turkey and Argentina were among those most likely to…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sacha Mooney, University of Nottingham; Hannah Victoria Cooper, University of Nottingham, and Sofie Sjogersten, University of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] A 2020 survey reveals that more than a quarter of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Victoria Masterson Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Europe and China are leading the installation of new pumped…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Veenu Manoharan, Cardiff Metropolitan University[/box] Most vaccines have side-effects and COVID vaccines are no different. The…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Johan Bjurman Bergman Consultant, World Bank and Atlantic Council Daniel Dart Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dmitry Samartsev Chief Executive Officer, BI.ZONE[/box] Business ecosystems are reaching global scale, exposing companies to massive…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bonnie Waring, Imperial College London[/box] One morning in 2009, I sat on a creaky bus winding…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christian Rast Global Head of Technology & Knowledge, KPMG Tom Koehler Global Head, Citizen Developer Program,…