Mufti Ehsan Waquar
Chairman Shariah Board
Mufti Ehsan has a diversified cross-functional management experience in Islamic Finance, Business Management and Operation, Project Management and Administration for more than two decades. He has hands-on experience of people and projects management, with a rich experience of working with board of directors and senior management of banks, regulators, auditors and legal counsels.
Alhamdulillah, he has exclusively served Islamic Financial Industry with institutions like World Bank-IFC, National Bank of Pakistan, ABL, Soneri Bank, NAFA, Askari General Insurance Company Takaful Window (AGICO), Emirates Global Islamic Bank now Al Baraka Bank Pakistan, UBL, Yasaar Ltd.-UAE & UK, Minhaj Advisory-UAE, Arif Habib for more than a decade now. He has structured several Sukuk including the largest Sukuk in Pakistan; a hundred billion Sukuk for Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power, Fatima Fertilizer, Fauji Fertilizer, Sitara Energy, Sitara Peroxide and IBL.
He also served as member of the Technical Committee for Developing Accounting & Auditing Standard for Islamic Financial Institution at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP). As member of SAF at State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), he worked actively with SBP in matters pertaining to Islamic Banks including drafting of Shariah Standard on Shirkat-ul-Milk usually used for Housing Finance, Tawarruq, Commodity Murabahah, Treasury, Trade Finance and Agricultural Financing Products.
At ESAAC, he has the privilege to work on a project of World Bank-IFC for developing Islamic Re-Mortgage Finance. He has also worked with SECP team on Takaful Rules 2012 with its insurance division.
He possesses a unique combination of religious and contemporary education that is very relevant to Islamic Banking. He has strong communication skills combined with knowledge of several languages. He graduated and accomplished Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Finance and Masters in Economics (MA) from IoBM and Karachi University respectively. He also completed traditional Islamic studies and graduated as a Mufti, achieving Masters in Islamic Studies (MA) and specializing in Islamic Jurisprudence (PGD-Mufti) from a leading Islamic School in Pakistan, Jamia-Tur-Rasheed. He has also accomplished Bachelors in Law and Legislation (LLB). This unique blend of educational combination gives him an edge upon many others to understand, correlate and align modern day banking practices with Shariah principles.
Beside this, he conducts courses and sessions on Islamic Banking, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Takaful and Risk Management in renowned Business schools like CBM, IBA and KUBS.
Dr. Mufti Khalil Aazami
Shariah Board Member
Dr. Aazami graduated from Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi. He obtained Shaha dat-ul-Aalamia (Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies) and Al-T’akhassus fi al-Iftaa’ (Specialisation in Islamic Jurisprudence and Fatwa) from Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi and holds a Doctorate degree in ‘Islamic Jurisprudence’ from Karachi University. He is also serving as an Advisor/Shari’ah Board Member in different financial institutions including Bank-Alfalah, Faysal Bank, Takaful Pakistan Limited (2005-2014) and Alfalah GHP Islamic Fund (2007-2014).
Dr. Aazami has more than 22 years of research experience related to Islamic Finance and other Shari’ah related subjects. He is an author of numerous publications. He is also an experienced lecturer and trainer in the field of Islamic Finance, Economics, Fiqh, Islamic Financial Laws and General Islamic Science. He is involved as Faculty member, – Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi since 1999 and has been associated with the Centre For Islamic Economics, Karachi, National Institute of Banking and Finance – SBP and Sheikh Zaid Islamic Research Centre – University of Karachi.

Mufti Muhammad Imran
Resident Shariah Board Member
Mufti Muhammad Imran, working with NBP since May 2016, is a qualified Shariah Scholar and experienced Islamic banker with knowledge of Islamic banking & finance. His educational qualification include Takhas-us-fil-Fiqh, Masters in Islamic Banking & Finance, PGD (Islamic Banking & Finance) and M.A (Islamic Studies) and he has been associated with different Research, Fatwa and Educational Institutions since 2003 and has more than 11 years of banking, Islamic Banking Trainings, Shariah Compliance, review & product development experience. His research includes:
• Qard & Dain me Farq
• Al Taeyseer fee Hukm-e-Al Tasweer
• Ahkam-ul-Zakah
• Asshya-e-sittah
• Shoroot-e-Ayemmah Khamsah
• Shoroot-e-Ayemmah Sittah

Mufti Sajjad Ashraf Usmani

Mufti Sajjad Usmani is a qualified CSAA (Certified Shariah Advisor & Auditor) from AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, Bahrain), Takhassus Fil Ifta (Specialization in Islamic Jurisprudence and Fatwa) and Dars-e-Nizami/Shahadat-ul-Aalamia from Jamia Dar-ul-Uloom, Karachi and a certified anatomist of Sukuk, Islamic Banking & Finance. He is a seasoned professional with over 12 & 6 years of working experience from writing Fatawa to serving as a Shariah Advisor of the leading financial institutions of Pakistan respectively.
He has blend experience of providing Shariah consultancy to three (3) Takaful Companies as Shariah Advisor since 2015 and also served as Shariah Advisor of the Tier 2 Mudharabah Sukuk issued by Meezan Bank Limited.
He also has 6 years’ working experience with leading Auditing firms like A.F.F (PWC) & Deloitte Pakistan, as a Shariah Consultant & Head of Shariah Audit and has supervised various Shariah Audits of renowned Islamic Banks, Takaful Companies and Sukuks under the audit firm’s umbrella. He knows the practical problems being faced by the Islamic Financial Institution.
He is a teacher of Hadith and Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) at Jamia Dar-ul-Uloom, Karachi besides teaching in various leading Islamic educational institutions like IBA CEIF & Center for Islamic Economic since 2011.

Dr. Mufti Muhammad Ahmad

Mufti Muhammad Ahmad is a qualified CSAA (Certified Shariah Advisor & Auditor) from AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, Bahrain), Takhassus fil Fiqh il Muamalat Almaliyyah (Specialization in Islamic Commercial Jurisprudence and Fatwa) from Jamia Tur Rasheed, Dars-e-Nizami/Shahadat-ul-Aalamia from Wifaq ul Madaris Alarabia and Masters in Economics from University of Karachi. He also holds a Ph. D in Islamic Banking and Finance from Karachi University.

He has more than seven years’ experience of working in Islamic Banking Industry and has contributed extensively by actively participating Shariah deliberations on multiples issues. He has about ten years’ experience of Teaching, research and giving Fatawa. He has written about three hundred fatwas regarding ibadat, trade, banking, finance, inheritance, marriage, divorce etc.
He has also conducted in depth research of several practical issues in Islamic Banking from Shariah aspect. He has a vast experience of conducting Islamic Banking Trainings.

He also teaches Islamic Jurisprudence and Islamic creed at Alburhan Institute Islamabad.

Contact Details of Shari'ah Compliance Department:
Yasir Jamali
Head Shariah Compliance Department

Syed Faraz Ahmad
Team Leader Shariah Compliance Department

NBP Head Office 10th Floor, I.I Chundrigarh Road, Karachi
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +92-21-99062645