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BankIslami

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Bank Islami Pakistan
Company typePublic
PSXBIPL
KSE 100 component
IndustryIslamic banking
Founded7 April 2006; 18 years ago (2006-04-07)
HeadquartersKarachi, Pakistan
Products
  • Retail banking
  • consumer banking
  • investment banking
  • trade financing
RevenueIncrease Rs. 3.39 billion (US$12 million)[1] (2021)
Increase Rs. 2.06 billion (US$7.1 million)[1] (2021)
Total assetsIncrease Rs. 408 billion (US$1.4 billion)[1] (2021)
OwnerJahangir Siddiqui & Co. (53.49%)
Number of employees
4,046[1] (2021)
ParentJahangir Siddiqui & Co.
Websitebankislami.com.pk

BankIslami Pakistan Limited (Urdu: بینک اسلامی) is a Pakistani Islamic bank based in Karachi.[2]

History

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BankIslami was founded on March 31, 2005. On the 26th of September 2005, Dubai Bank joined the sponsors and became one of the founding shareholders of BankIslami by investing 18.75% in the total capital. The bank started its operations on 7 April 2006 and began offering shariah-compliant retail banking, investment banking, consumer banking, and trade finance products.

In May 2015, KASB Bank was acquired by BankIslami and later its branches were merged into BankIslami.[3]

BankIslami made an initial public offering in March 2006.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Archived copy" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "BankIslami's North Korean entanglement featuring Seth Rogen and the English Premier League". Profit by Pakistan Today. 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ Rizwan Bhatti (29 April 2015). "SBP proposes amalgamation of KASB into BankIslami". Business Recorder. Karachi. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Up to 25 percent of Pakistani banking system to be Islamic in 5 years: Bilgrami". Brecorder. 24 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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