We are shocked and saddened by the murder of an honorable Muslim scholar, Mufti Saeed Ahmed Jalapuri.  We pray to Allah(sw) for his forgiveness and exaltation of his stations. We also extend our heart felt condolences to the bereaved family.
It is highly unfortunate that he was murdered at a time when the debate against Zaid Hamid’s alleged associations with Yousaf Kazzab were at its height, and so the fingers are most obviously pointed at Zaid Hamid’s emotional supporters. While only Allah (sw) knows the reality, we exhort both the admirers of …

Following is a document I prepared which I plan to send to different Ulema to solicit a fatwa regarding the fiat/paper currency creation through an interest-based mechanism between the state bank and the government. Will keep the blog updated with the Answers that I recieve.
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بخدمت محترم علماء کرام
منجانب
محمد آصف شیراز
ای گولڈ پرائویٹ لمیٹڈ –  www.egold.pk
اسلام علیکم
ہم آپ کے نہایت ممنون ہیں کہ آپ نے عوام کی سہولت کی خاطر فتویٰ حاصل کرنے کا یہ ذریعہ جاری کر رکھا ہے، اور اس سے مستفید ہونے کی غرض سے آپ کی خدمت …

 A dear brother from Qafilah Qey, Khalid Shah, wrote to us today informing about an upcoming World Dinar Conference they are holding in Malaysia.
This is an extremely exciting event, and insha Allah eGold will participate to tell our brothers in Malaysia about the work we are doing in Pakistan.
1st WORLD DINAR CONFERENCE 2010 is an international conference that focuses on the latest development in gold dinar. It is schedule to be held for 3 days at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur on the 22nd – 24th July 2010.
During …

We recently recieved a query from a lady that there are a lot of women in Pakistan who own gold jewelry, which is usually just lying there, not doing anything. Is there a way to invest it or use it? Here are my two cents on this.
First, a little digression. The one thing this question immediately reminded me of is the Cash-4-Gold and similar other scams currently being heavily advertised here in the US. These dubious enterprises go about inciting people to sell off their gold jewelry and recieve cash in return, giving such incentives as “now is …

Quaid-i-Azam’s Speech On the occasion of the Opening Ceremony of The State Bank of Pakistan on 1st July, 1948.
“Mr. Governor, Directors of State Bank, Ladies and Gentlemen.
The opening of the State Bank of Pakistan symbolises the sovereignty of our State in the financial sphere and I am very glad to be here today to perform the opening ceremony. It was not considered feasible to start a Bank of our own simultaneously with the coming into being of Pakistan in August last year. A good deal of preparatory work must precede …