Center for Islamic Economics and IBA-CIEF received an overwhelming response on the very first day of the 3 day Executive Development Certification Programme in Islamic banking and Takaful Learning outcomes included Islamic banking practices, Shariah basis and issues of different financial products offered by Islamic banks and the basic knowledge of Islamic finance practices internationally and locally Keynote speakers included Mufti Abdullah Najeeb, Mufti Najeeb Khan, Hazrat Taqi Usmani, Dr. Zubair Usmani, Dr. Hassan Ashraf Usmani, Ahmed Ali Siddiqui and Farhan Usmani.