Dr. Khalid Zaheer

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51-K Model Town Lahore Pakistan

92-42-5865 145, 92-42-5834 306

khalidzaheer@al-mawrid.org

   
Personal Details:   
  Age: 42 years (Born June 4, 1958)

Marital Status: Married (with two children)

Academic Record:
  Ph.D. from University of Wales in 1994 in Islamic Economics 

M.B.A. from University of the Punjab in 1982 (A grade) 

B.Com. from University of the Punjab in 1978 (Ist Div.; Gold Medal) 

Intermediate from Government College Sargodha in 1975 (Ist Div.; Silver Medal) 

Matriculation from P.A.F. College Sargodha in 1973 (Ist Div)
Experience:  
teaching at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) since 1995 (joined as a member of permanent faculty in July 1998). Subjects teaching i) at the B.Sc Level: Islamic Studies, Islam in the Modern World, Values and Ethics, Comparative Religions; ii) at the MBA Level: Islamic Ethics in Business; 

delivering lectures on a regular basis at the Administrative Staff College, Lahore School of Economics, and Pakistan Audit and Accounts training Institute;

appointed in January, 2000 member of the task force of the Finance Division of the Government of Pakistan that has been given the assignment to propose measures to convert government domestic borrowing into project-related financing according to shariah injunctions; appointed non-official member of the Board of Management of Pakistan Baitul Mal in May, 2000;

delivered lectures on topics relating to Islamic Studies in Universities of Lampeter, Aberystwyth, Swansea, and Exeter and the Islamic Foundation in Leicester during 1990-1994 and at various departments and hostels at the Punjab University;

-- appeared in four Islamic question-answer programmes on Pakistan Television in 1999; 

-- delivered a lecture on 'Hidayat' in a twenty-five minute religious programme 'Fehmul Qur'an' on PTV, which was followed by a question-answer session 

-- taught at Institute of Business Administration (I.B.A.), University of the Punjab from 1984 to 1998 (1986-1998, as member of the permanent faculty); 

-- delivered khutbas of Jumu'ah on a number of accasions in Britain and Pakistan; and

-- served in Millat Tractors and Sach International (Pvt) Ltd during 1982 to 1986. 
Writings: 
Ph.D. thesis entitled, "An Enquiry into the Basic Concept of Banking as Perceived by the Spirit of Islamic Economic Justice" 

Article entitled, "Islamic Justification of Indexation in the Modern Financial Markets" 

Regular contributions in the monthly religious magazine, "Renaissance". Some of the articles of the author can be seen in the following websites: www.monthly-renaissance.com and www.understanding-islam.org

Contributed in Urdu periodicals "Ishraq" and "Tazkir" 
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