Taught by the scholars who sit on the boards.

CIE's faculty chair and advise the Shariah boards of Pakistan's largest Islamic banks, its securities regulator, and institutions across the Gulf, the Maldives and Central Asia.

Dr. Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani

Chairman Shariah Board, Raqami Bank · Group Head Shariah Compliance, Meezan Bank · Vice President, Darul Uloom Karachi · President, Usmani & Co

PhD in Islamic Finance; LLB; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Dr. Mufti Zubair Ashraf Usmani

Chairman Shariah Board, HBL Islamic Banking · Vice President, Darul Uloom Karachi

PhD in Islamic Finance (Karachi University); Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Dr. Hassan Ashraf Usmani

Group Head Shariah, Transformation International Society · Faculty Member, Darul Uloom Karachi

PhD in Islamic Studies; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Dr. Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz

Chairman Shariah Board, BankIslami Pakistan · Chairman, Shariah Advisory Committee, SECP

PhD in Islamic Finance; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Mufti Muhammad Hassaan Kaleem

Country Head of Shariah, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan · Chairman Shariah Board, Pak-Qatar Takaful

Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); CSAA (AAOIFI)

Mufti Najeeb Khan

Chairman Shariah Board, Bank Makramah · Shariah Advisor, Habib Metropolitan Bank

Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); Certified Shariah Advisor

Dr. Mufti Khalil Ahmed Aazami

Chairman Shariah Board, Bank Alfalah · Associate Professor, Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre

PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Mufti Muhammad Abdullah Usmani

Shariah Scholar & Product Development, Meezan Bank · Executive Director, Usmani & Co and GreensFin Innovations · Faculty, JDUK / CIE

CSAA; MS Islamic Finance (IBA); BS Economics (KU); Alimiyyah & Takhassus (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Mufti Bilal Ahmed Qazi

Member Shariah Board, Bank Makramah · Member Shariah Board, Soneri Bank

MBA (Institute of Business Administration); Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Mufti Aijaz Ahmad Samdani

Member Shariah Board, HBL Islamic Banking · Chairman, Maldives Islamic Bank

PhD (Scholar); Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); Faculty Member, CIE

Mufti Abdullah Najeeb Siddiqui

Resident Shariah Board Member, Al Baraka Bank · Member Shariah Board, HBL Islamic

LLM; LLB; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)

Muhammad Faisal Shaikh

Head of Product & Shariah Structuring, Faysal Bank · Strategic Member, Conversion Team

Masters in Economics; Advanced Certificate in AAOIFI Shariah Standards (IBA / CIE)

Also teaching at CIE

Further faculty

Specialists drawn from Shariah audit, halal certification, capital markets
and academic research.

We have a distinguished core faculty of globally recognized Sharia scholars and seasoned Islamic Bankers and experienced academicians who are engaging and passionate educators. Through their services and research contributions they have made, and continue to make, their mark in the field of Islamic Finance. Representing a wide array of backgrounds, our faculty offers you diverse perspectives that make you skilled and will enhance your understanding of Islamic Banking and Finance, including ongoing collaborative exploration of the latest technologies.

Name	Qualification	Experience area	Current designation
Mufti Ibraheem Essa	Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah; CSAA (AAOIFI)	Microfinance, Takaful & SME banking	Chairman Shariah Board, UBL Ameen; Chairman Shariah Board, Bank of Khyber; Member, Darul Ifta JDUK
Mufti Sajjad Ashraf Usmani	Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); CSAA (AAOIFI)	Shariah audit, academic administration & compliance	Member Shariah Board, National Bank of Pakistan; Member Shariah Board, ZTBL
Dr. Mufti Wasi Fasih Butt	PhD in Islamic Finance; MBA (Finance); Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah	Shariah audit, asset management & capital markets	Chairman Shariah Board, ZTBL; Shariah Advisor, Atlas Asset Management
Dr. Mufti Awais Naeem	PhD in Islamic Banking; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Jamia Binoria)	Banking conversion, media education & academic research	Resident Shariah Board Member, Habib Metropolitan Bank; Faculty, Binoria University
Mufti Muaz Ashraf	CSAA (AAOIFI); Lead Auditor (Halal); Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi)	Halal certification, quality management & food safety	CEO, Center for Halal Assurance (CEHA); Member, Darul Ifta JDUK
Mufti Abdul Basit	CSAA; Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); Certified Shariah Trainer	Professional training, governance & capacity building	Member Shariah Board, Faysal Bank; Shariah Coordinator, Meezan Bank
Mufti Abdul Wahhab	Takhassus Fil Ifta; Alimiyyah (Darul Uloom Karachi); Specialist in Hadith	Hadith studies, research & advanced Fiqh instruction	Member Shariah Board, Bank of Khyber; Research Assistant to Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB; Faculty, Darul Uloom Karachi; Writer & Editor, Al-Balagh
M. Farhan Ul Haq Usmani	M.Phil & Masters in Economics (KU); Certified Islamic Banker (CIE); PhD Scholar	Shariah audit, Islamic capital markets & product implementation	Executive Vice President & Head of Shariah Audit, Meezan Bank; Member Shariah Committee, FPCCI
Ahmed Ali Siddiqui	MBA (MIS / Finance), IBA; BBA (Hons)	Sovereign Sukuk, product development & academic leadership	Group Head Shariah Compliance, Meezan Bank; Director, IBA Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance