Dr. Fahim Khan

            He is currently working as a Chairman of Riphah Center of Islamic Business, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

            He has intensively and extensively worked in following areas during his professional career:

1.         Economic Development.

2.         Foreign Trade and International Economics

3.         Money and Banking.

4.         Investment and Financial Analysis.

5.         International Labour Migration

6.         Islamic Economics and Finance.

7.         Statistics

8.         Econometrics

At the Ministry of Planning he has been leading the exercises related to developing econometric models for macro economic planning and forecasting as well as conducting research relating to macro economic policy issues.

M. Fahim Khan has 10 books and monographs on Islamic economics, banking and finance in his name published from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UK.  In addition, he has over 11 publications in refereed journals and more than 20 other works in various books of readings and proceedings of seminars and conferences published from different parts of world.   These are besides the Research Reports and Policy Papers published for official use while serving in the Ministry of Planning in Pakistan.

A list of his major publications along with abstracts of those published by IRTI can be seen in the Annexure.

            He is member of the Editorial Board of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, member of International Board of Islamic Economic Review (UK), member of the Board of Governors (Academic Group), Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (UK).  He has also been the member of the Commission in Transformation of Financial System in Pakistan.  He has presented numerous papers in various International Conferences and Seminars.  He also received grants from international institutions for a research project on international labour migration and for another project on international trade channels and payments procedures.  He received grant from national institutions also for demographic research.

            He advised/supervised/examined numerous Ph.D./M.Phil. and M.Sc. theses written in universities in Pakistan, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Nigeria.  He also reviewed articles for different refereed international journals in economic and finance. 

His e-mail address is mfahimkhan@hotmail.com

ANNEXURE

LIST OF SELECTED RESEARCH WORK

 A. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS 

1.                   A Survey of Issues and Program for Further Research in Fiscal and Monetary Economics of Islam jointly published by the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah and Institute of Policy Studies, 1981, Islamabad (Authored with  Munawar Iqbal).

2.                   Money and Banking in Islam jointly published by the Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad and King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1983 (Edited with Ziauddin Ahmed and Munawar Iqbal).

3.                   Fiscal Policy and Resource Allocation in Islam jointly published by the Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad and King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1983 (Edited with Ziauddin Ahmed and Munawar Iqbal).

4.                  Distribution in Macroeconomics Framework: An Islamic Perspective,(Ed.) International Islamic University, Islamabad, 1988.

5.                  Comparative Economics of Some Islamic Financing Techniques, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Jeddah, 1991.

6.                   Human Resource Mobilization through Profit-Loss Sharing Based Financial System, Islamic Research & Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, 1991.

7.                  Essays in Islamic Economics, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, UK, 1994.

8.                  Islamic Futures and their Markets, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, 1995.

9.                  Islamic Financial Institutions, (Ed.) Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, 1995.

10.               Counter Trade - Policies and Practices in OIC Member Countries, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, 1995.

 B. PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS 

1.                  "A note on effective devaluation", Pakistan Economic Journal No.1 Vol.1, 1973, Karachi.

2.                  "International Valuation of Pakistani rupee", Pakistan Economic and Social Review, 1982, Lahore.

3.                  “A comment on Profitability of Islamic Banks", Journal of Research in IslamicEconomics, Vol. 2, No.1, 1983, Jeddah.

4.                 "Macro Consumption Function in Islamic Framework", Journal of Research in Islamic Economics, Vol., No.1, Summer, 1984, Jeddah.  Also published in Contributions to Islamic Economic Theory: A Study in Social Economics edited by M. A. Choudhary, London 1986.

5.                  "Labour Incomes, Employment, Wages and Growth in the Corporate Sector of Pakistan", Pakistan Management Review, 1984, Karachi (Authored with Ajmal Qureshi).

6.                  "Islamic Banks and Strategies for Economic Cooperation - Comment", Journal of  Research in Islamic Economics, Vol. 3, No.1, 1984, Jeddah.

7.                  "Factors of Production and Factor Markets in Islamic Framework", Journal of Research in Islamic Economics, Vol., No., 1985, Jeddah.

8.                  "On the Notion of Economic Justice in Contemporary Islamic Thought - A Comment" American Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 21, No.4, 1989.

9.                  Time Value of Money and Discounting in Islamic Perspective, Review of Islamic Economics, Vol. 1, No.2, 1991.

10.              "Cost of Capital for an Islamic Firm - Case of IDB", Accepted for publication in the Islamic Economic Studies, Islamic Research and Training Institute, IDB, 1996.

11.              Guaranteeing Investment Deposits in Islamic Banking, Journal of King Abdulaziz University (Islamic Economics), Volume 16, No. 1, 2003 A.D. 

C. OTHER WORKS 

1.                  A study into the Causes of Fluctuations in Real Wages in the Labour Surplus Economy of Pakistan, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, 1978.

2.                  Labour Migration from Pakistan to the Middle East and its Impact on the Domestic Economy jointly published by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad and the World Bank, Washington, 1980 (Three volumes: Authored with Ijaz S. Gillani and Munawar Iqbal).

3.                  Returning Migrants from the Middle East, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1981, Islamabad (Authored with Munawar Iqbal).

4.                  "A Survey of Islamic Banks in the World", in Money and Banking in Islam edited by Ziauddin Ahmed, Munawar Iqbal and M. Fahim Khan, Institute of Policy Studies and King Abdulaziz University, 1983.   

5.                  Country Study on International Trade Channels, System and Procedures and a Country Study on Foreign Payments System and Procedures; Research Reports prepared for the Marga Institute, Sri Lanka, 1983.

6.                  "Project Evaluation in Islamic Perspective - A Comment", in Fiscal Policy and Resource Allocation edited by Ziauddin Ahmed, Munawar Iqbal and M. Fahim Khan, Institute of Policy Studies and King Abdulaziz University, 1983.

7.                  "Socio-economic Structure of Muslim Countries", (English and Arabic), Proceedings of the International Conference held in Amman in 1984 under the auspices of the Royal Academy for Research in Islamic Civilization, Amman.

8.                  "Migration of Pakistani Workers to Arab World", in G. Gunatilekee's Migration of Asian Workers to Arab World, The United Nationals University, Tokyo, 1986.

9.                  "Conversion of Interest Based Bank into Interest Free Bank: Case of Pakistan", Proceedings of the Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance held at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., in September, 1986.

10.              "Discounting for Time Value in the Context of Project Evaluation in Islamic Perspective", Proceedings of the International Seminar on Fiscal Policy and Development Planning held in Islamabad in July, 1986.

11.              "Development Strategy in Islamic Framework", Proceedings of the International Seminar on Fiscal Policy and Development Planning held in Islamabad in July 1986 under the auspices of the International Islamic University, Islamabad.  Also published in the Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance(Pakistan) Vol.4, No.2, 1987.

12.              Employment in the Informal Sector: An Alternate Approach to Human Resource Mobilization, Pakistan Manpower Institute, 1988, Islamabad.

13.              "How to Teach Microeconomics in Islamic Perspective", Proceedings of the International Conference on Islamic Economics held at Al-Azhar University, Cairo under the joint auspices of Saleh Abdullah Kamel Centre (Cairo)and International Institute of Islamic Thought (Washington) in September, 1988.

14.               "Production Organizations and Employment Strategy in an Islamic Economy", in Frontiers and Mechanics of Islamic Economics edited by Sokoto University, Nigeria, 1988.

15.               "Pakistani Migrants and Their Return", a study conducted for the United Nations University, Tokyo, 1988.

16.               "Economic Rationality of Islamic Banking", Proceedings of the Seminar on Islamic Banking held at Loughborough University, U.K. in July, 1988.

17.               "Financing govt. Deficit through Borrowing from the Private Sector" Proceedings of Sixth Expert Level Meeting on Islamic Banking, International Association of Islamic Banks (Cairo) and Faisal Islamic Bank of Bahrain (Bahrain), 1990.

18.              Simple Model of Income Determination, Growth and Economic Development in Islamic Framework", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Islamic Economics held in, Kuala Lumpur in 1991 under the auspices of International Islamic University, Malaysia.

19.               “Investment Demand Function in a Profit-Loss Sharing System", Resource Mobilization and Investment in an Islamic Economic Framework, The International Institute of Islamic Thought, USA, 1992

20.               “Role of Islamic Banks in Economic Development” (Authored with Rodney Wilson) in Encyclopaedia of Islamic Banking and Insurance, Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, U.K. 1995.

21.              “Islamic Capital Market: Need for Institutional Development” in Islamic Banking and Finance, the Concept, the Practice and the Challenge, ed. Imtiazuddin Ahmad, Islamic Society of North America, USA, 1999   

22.              “The Growth of Islamic Financial Industry: Need for Setting Standards for Shari’ah Application” in Sixth Harvard Forum on Islamic Economics and Finance, Harvard University, USA in May 2004.