Justice (R) Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan
Justice Khalil-Ur-Rehman Khan is the Shariah Advisor and the Chairman of the ABPL Shariah Committee. He is a world renowned Islamic Scholar of Pakistan and has held numerous positions in various boards of prestigious Islamic institutions.
Justice (R) Khalil-ur-Rehman has served as Chairman on the Shariah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has been the Rector of the International Islamic University, Islamabad. In addition, he is the former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court. He has also been the Chairman of the Religious Board for Mudarabas.
Justice Khalil ur Rehman has authored the landmark judgment on Riba in 1999 on the basis of which new impetus has been provided to Islamic finance in the country.
Mufti Abdullah Najeebul Haq Siddiqi
Mufti Abdullah Najeebul Haq Siddiqi is the Deputy Shariah Advisor for ABPL. He is associated with Dar-ul-uloom, Karachi and has specialized in Islamic Fiqh and Fatawa. He graduated from Darul uloom Karachi as Aalim-e-Deen and has obtained certification in Islamic Banking Finance and Economics from the Centre for Islamic Economics
Mufti Muhammad Iftikhar Baig Mufti Muhammad Iftikhar Baig is the Deputy Shariah Advisor for ABPL. He qualified as a Mufti from the Jamia Dar ul Uloom Karachi, one of the most reputed and prestigious religious institution. After completing the eight year Alimiyah course, he specialized in Iftaa and Fiqh. Not only that, he is also a law graduate and working on his PhD thesis on the subject “Sharia’h Compliant Solutions regarding Foreign Trade”.
Mufti Muhammad Iftikhar Baig also has a two year experience working with Prime Commercial Bank. Other than that, he has been teaching Islamic Fiqh and Islamic Economics for years at Jamia Zaineb and Halley College.
