ISLAMABAD:
Prof. Dr. Masoom Yasinzai, Rector IIUI and Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh,
President IIUI, presenting souvenir to Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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ISLAMABAD: Famous
Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Thursday called upon Muslim societies
to implement Islamic values and teachings in banking and finance, says a Press
release.
He was addressing to 6th
International Applied Business Research Conference organized by Faculty of
Managements Sciences of International Islamic University at Faisal Masjid
campus.
The conference is an
attempt to bring together innovative academics, research scholars, and
industrial experts across the world for exchange of knowledge and research
collaborations.
Dr Abdul Qadir Khan
condemned the increasing penetration of usury in the global economy. He urged
for further improvement in educational system of country and maintained that
higher educational institutions must provide international level criteria in
the field of engineering specially.
He said that Management
Sciences graduates must have power of decision and its graduate must be
nurtured as a practical individual because it was a pre-requisite to be a
successful manager, entrepreneur.
Dr. Masoom Yasinzai,
Rector IIUI, in his speech that research without any impact on society was a
"null and void" effort. He added that management schools along with
the country's leadership would have to devise a comprehensive strategy to work
as per relevance to the societal needs. He that 16 k research papers from the
country in reputed impact factor journals would be of no use if they don't have
links to the roots of society.
Dr. Masoom furthered
that out 56 million Pakistani youth, only 1.5 million had access to the
universities which he said was an inadequate ratio adding that "we must
put rest of them on right track by bringing them to the higher education
institutions". He also thanked Dr. Qadeer.
Dr. Ahmed Yousif
Al-Draiweesh, President IIUI said on the occasion that Muslim world would have
to focus on contemporary requirements and advancements of the banking and
finance. He urged that youth to apply Islamic values in degrees and take
guidance from Islam in practical lives. He appreciated Dr. Abdul Qadeer and
said that he was proud of Muslim Ummah. Dr. Al-Draiweesh also apprised the
participants about role of university in various disciplines dialogues, forums
and conferences.
Earlier, Dr. Zulfiqar
Ali Shah in his vote of thanks told about the meeting of the advisory board of
the faculty being held on the sidelines of two day moot, while also he briefed
about the objectives of the conference. The conference would conclude on Friday
with recommendations made by national and international scholars, experts and
academicians.
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