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 "id": "listing/bank-makramah",
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 "slug": "bank-makramah",
 "label": {
  "ar": "بنك مكرمة",
  "en": "Bank Makramah",
  "ur": "بینک مکرمہ"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنك إسلامي باكستاني في كراتشي، نشأ سنة 2006 من أعمال بنك روبالي في باكستان، وحمل اسمَي بنك عارف حبيب ثم بنك سميت، وتحوّل إلى بنك إسلامي باسم بنك مكرمة في نوفمبر 2023.",
  "en": "A Pakistani Islamic bank in Karachi, which grew in 2006 out of Rupali Bank's Pakistan operations, traded as Arif Habib Bank and then Summit Bank, and was converted into an Islamic bank as Bank Makramah in November 2023.",
  "ur": "کراچی کا پاکستانی اسلامی بینک، جو 2006 میں روپالی بینک کے پاکستانی کاروبار سے بنا، پہلے عارف حبیب بینک اور پھر سمٹ بینک کہلایا، اور نومبر 2023 میں بینک مکرمہ کے نام سے اسلامی بینک بنا۔"
 },
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 "wings": [
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  "today"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "south-asia"
 ],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "trade-and-finance",
  "halal-economy"
 ],
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  "kind": "company",
  "categories": [
   "finance"
  ],
  "founded": {
   "edtf": "2006-08-05",
   "hijri": "1427-07-11",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Began operations as Arif Habib Rupali Bank on 5 August 2006 (Express Tribune and Business Recorder, cited by the article); converted to an Islamic bank in November 2023. The Hijri date is converter-derived (Umm al-Qura).",
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-bank-makramah-en"
   ]
  },
  "made": {
   "by_muslims": true,
   "basis": "documented",
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-bank-makramah-en"
   ]
  },
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q7637775"
  },
  "sources": [
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   "source/wikidata"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)"
  },
  "status_business": "active",
  "location": {
   "serves": [
    "pk"
   ]
  },
  "links": {
   "official": "https://www.bankmakramah.com"
  },
  "footprint": {
   "wikipedia": {
    "languages": [
     "bn",
     "en",
     "fa",
     "pnb",
     "ur"
    ],
    "checked": "2026-11-07",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikipedia-bank-makramah-en"
    ]
   },
   "wikidata": "Q7637775",
   "catalogues": {
    "ticker": "PSX: BML"
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia \"Bank Makramah\" (revision 1366839999, 30 July 2026), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 7 November 2026; Wikidata sitelinks read the same day; made basis: its conversion into an Islamic bank in November 2023 (Business Recorder)",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)",
   "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
   "run": "modern-enterprise-b09"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بنك مكرمة المحدود، المعروف سابقا باسم بنك سميت، بنك إسلامي باكستاني مقره كراتشي. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "من روبالي إلى سميت",
     "markdown": "تعود أصوله إلى أعمال بنك روبالي في باكستان، التي اشترتها شركة عارف حبيب للأوراق المالية سنة 2006، فبدأ البنك الناتج عمله في 5 أغسطس 2006 وأُدرج في بورصة كراتشي سنة 2008. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en} وفي 2010 اشترت شركة «سرور للاستثمار» 59.41% منه وغيّرت اسمه إلى بنك سميت، ثم ضُمّ إليه أطلس بنك وماي بنك، فزادت شبكته على 193 فرعا. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التحول إلى بنك إسلامي",
     "markdown": "في نوفمبر 2023 تحوّل بنك سميت إلى بنك إسلامي وتغيّر اسمه إلى بنك مكرمة. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en} وكان رجل الأعمال الإماراتي ناصر عبد الله حسين لوتاه قد اشترى أغلبية أسهمه في أبريل 2023. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية، «Bank Makramah»، المراجعة 1366839999. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bank-makramah",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Bank Makramah Limited, formerly Summit Bank, is a Pakistani Islamic bank based in Karachi. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "From Rupali to Summit",
     "markdown": "Its origins lie in Rupali Bank's Pakistan operations, which Arif Habib Securities acquired in 2006; the resulting bank began operating on 5 August 2006 and was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange in 2008. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en} In 2010 Suroor Investments bought 59.41% and renamed it Summit Bank; Atlas Bank and MyBank were later merged in, taking its network past 193 branches. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Becoming an Islamic bank",
     "markdown": "In November 2023 Summit Bank was converted into an Islamic bank and renamed Bank Makramah. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en} The Dubai businessman Nasser Abdullah Hussain Lootah had acquired a majority stake in April 2023. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, \"Bank Makramah\", revision 1366839999. {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bank-makramah",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "بینک مکرمہ، جو پہلے سمٹ بینک تھا، کراچی کا اسلامی بینک ہے؛ نومبر 2023 میں یہ اسلامی بینک میں تبدیل ہوا۔ {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، «Bank Makramah»، نظرِ ثانی 1366839999۔ {cite:wikipedia-bank-makramah-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bank-makramah",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-11-07",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/al-bunuk-al-islamiyya",
  "listing/adib",
  "listing/al-rajhi",
  "listing/alinma",
  "listing/bank-albilad",
  "listing/dib",
  "listing/dukhan-bank",
  "listing/emirates-islamic"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}