CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Monday, June 7, 2021

Virtual Conference

PST Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address

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0900-0910 Dr Syed Aun Raza Rizvi (Conference Chair – LUMS)
0910-0915 Dr Emili Tortosa-Ausina (Conference Chair – Universitat Jaume I)
0915-0920 Dr Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid (Conference Chair – INCEIF)
0920-0925 Dr Irum Saba (Conference Chair – IBA-CEIF)
0925-0940 Break
Track 1.1: Business Ethics
Chair: Dr Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid
(Associate Professor & Associate Dean, INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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Impact of Asset Growth on Cross-Section of Shariah Compliant Stock Returns
Suresh Kumar Oad Rajput (Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan), Muhammad Adnan (Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan),
Muhammad Tahir Suleman (University of Otago, New Zealand) & Riza Demirer (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,
School of Business, USA)
0940-1130 Ethical Implications of Islamic Banking
(PST) Ghufran Ahmad (Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan)
Conduct Risk in Islamic Banking
Mace Abdullah (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) & Saiful Azhar Bin Rosly (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Who Gets Believed: Trust and Investor Reaction to Earnings Announcements
Quratulain Nazeer Ahmed (Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan) & Saqib Sharif (Institute of Business
Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
Shari’ah Compliance Status and Value of Analysts’ Recommendation Revisions: Evidence from Malaysia
Murat Yaş (Marmara University, Turkey) & Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
1130-1140 Break
Track 1.2: Islamic Banking & Social Finance
Chair: Dr Irum Saba
(Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration-Karachi & Coordinator CEIF-IBA, Karachi, Pakistan)
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Employee’s Perception About Islamic Banking in Hazara Division, Pakistan
Aamir Nawaz (COMSATS University Islamabad, Virtual Campus), Muhammad Asif (COMSATS University Islamabad,
Abbottabad Campus) & Asad Rafaq (COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus)
Human Capital Development Financing: A Fintech Based Model
Muhammad Faisal (Mohammad Ali Jinnah University & Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan), Muhammad Meraj
(Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan) & M. Shujaat Mubarik (Institute of Business Management, Karachi,
Pakistan)
Empowering Businesswomen in Mogadishu for Poverty Alleviation and The Prospects of Islamic Microfinance
1140-1330
Rukia Warsame Abdulle (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University), Mustafa Omar Mohammed (International Islamic
(PST)
University, Malaysia) & Mohamed Cherif El Amri (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)
A Broad Based Islamic Finance & Banking System: Is It Workable in Pakistan?
Muhammad Faisal (Mohammad Ali Jinnah University & Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan), M. Shujaat Mubarik (Institute
of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan) & S. M. Shoaib Wasim (Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan)
Determinants of The Performance of Window Takaful Companies: A Study of Pakistan
Hafiz Rauf Iqbal (International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan), Muhammad Asghar Shahzad (International Islamic
University, Islamabad, Pakistan), Syed Kashif Saeed (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad,
Pakistan) & Muhammad Akmal (MCB Islamic Bank, Lahore, Pakistan)
Promoting Shared Prosperity in Developed and Developing Countries on Sustainable Development Concept Via Islamicity
Prosperity Index
Nor Hazila Ismail (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Mohamed Ariff Abdul Kareem (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) &
Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd Rasid (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
1330-1430 Lunch and Prayer Break
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Monday, June 7, 2021
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Track 1.3: Entrepreneurship & Economic Policy
Chair: Dr Syed Aun Raza Rizvi
(Associate Professor & Associate Dean Academics, SDSB, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan)
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Using TPB to Investigate the Intention of Students Towards Islamic Micro-Entrepreneurship: The Case of Istanbul
Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey
Aknur Kassymgali (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey), Mustafa Omar Mohammed (International Islamic
University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) & Mohamed Cherif El Amri (Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul,
Turkey)
Financial and Cognitive Resilience: Investigating SMEs Performance and Mental Wellbeing of Owner-Managers During
1430-1620 Covid-19 Pandemic
(PST) Usman Sarwar (University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan) & Mubbsher Munawar Khan (University of the Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan)
Sustainability through Islamic Conception of Self Worth: Prescriptions for EIP (Entrepreneurship from Islamic Perspective)
Amana Raquib (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan) & Omar Javaid (Institute of Business Management,
Karachi, Pakistan)
Forward Trading and Futures Markets in Islamic Perspective
Muhammad Ayub (Riphah International University, Islamabad Pakistan) & Abdul Rashid (International Islamic University,
Islamabad, Pakistan)
Taxation of Islamic Financing Instruments: Substance Over Form Approach
Zahid Mahmood (University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands)
1620-1630 Break
Track 1.4: Islamic Finance
Chair: Dr Emili Tortosa-Ausina
(Professor of Economics, Universitat Jaume I & Associate Researcher, Ivie)
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Islamic Finance for better farming and prosperous farmers
Muhammad Shaique (Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Pakistan) & Asif (Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Pakistan)
Muzara’ah Based Models as Islamic Running Finance Alternative for Agriculture Credit
Hafiz Samiullah Daud (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan) & Saqib Sharif (Institute of Business
1630-1800 Administration, Karachi, Pakistan)
(PST)
Prospective Use of Bay‘ Al-Salam In Islamic Banks: An Exploratory Study
Ikram Ullah (Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan), Muhammad Asghar Shahzad (International Islamic
University, Islamabad, Pakistan) & Salman Ali (Former AVP Bank Alfalah)
A two-dimensional Sharīah exploratory study of usufruct in Ijarah financing
Rahmat Ullah (Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan) & Irum Saba (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan)
The Information Content of Dividend Changes: A Study on Environmental, Social and Governance Firms
Norazizah Che Musa (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Shamsher Mohammad (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) &
Mohamed Eskandar Shah (INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
1800-1810 Break
Closing Ceremony
1810-1820 Please click here to join the ZOOM session: https://lums-edu-pk.zoom.us/j/96565406218
(PST)
Dr Zainab Riaz (Associate Dean Research & Scholarship, SDSB, LUMS)

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