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Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever) (275:2)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's economic outlook is positive, however needs adherence to the national economic reforms agenda to overcome the challenges it has been facing currently, newly appointed Country Director Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here on Thursday.

DUBAI: Growth of the global Islamic asset management industry will likely halt or reverse this year as the industry struggles with poor sentiment in financial markets and lacklustre interest among Islamic institutional investors, said Jahangir Aka, senior executive officer at asset management firm SEI Investments.

KARACHI: Increase in international oil prices along with fertilizer and cement price hike locally bode well for these sectors, however, widening trade gap and decline in remittances posed fresh challenges to the economy despite the ease in monetary policy.