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 "id": "listing/bankislami",
 "class": "listing",
 "slug": "bankislami",
 "label": {
  "ar": "بنك إسلامي باكستان",
  "en": "BankIslami Pakistan",
  "ur": "بینک اسلامی پاکستان"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "بنك إسلامي باكستاني في كراتشي يعمل وفق الشريعة، بدأ العمل في 7 أبريل 2006 بترخيص من بنك الدولة الباكستاني، وله أكثر من 550 فرعا؛ صار جزءا من مجموعة جي إس سنة 2023.",
  "en": "A Pakistani Islamic bank in Karachi operating as a Shariah-compliant institution, which began operating on 7 April 2006 under a State Bank of Pakistan licence and has more than 550 branches; it became part of JS Group in 2023.",
  "ur": "کراچی کا پاکستانی اسلامی بینک جو شریعت کے مطابق کام کرتا ہے؛ 7 اپریل 2006 کو اسٹیٹ بینک کے لائسنس سے کام شروع کیا؛ 550 سے زیادہ شاخیں ہیں؛ 2023 میں جے ایس گروپ کا حصہ بنا۔"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "made",
  "today"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "south-asia"
 ],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "trade-and-finance",
  "halal-economy"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "company",
  "categories": [
   "finance"
  ],
  "founded": {
   "edtf": "2006-04-07",
   "hijri": "1427-03-09",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Incorporated 2005; operations from 7 April 2006 (Business Recorder, cited). The Hijri date is converter-derived (Umm al-Qura).",
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-bankislami-en"
   ]
  },
  "made": {
   "by_muslims": true,
   "basis": "documented",
   "sources": [
    "source/wikipedia-bankislami-en"
   ]
  },
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q4855882"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/wikipedia-bankislami-en",
   "source/wikidata"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)"
  },
  "status_business": "active",
  "location": {
   "serves": [
    "pk"
   ]
  },
  "links": {
   "official": "https://bankislami.com.pk"
  },
  "footprint": {
   "wikipedia": {
    "languages": [
     "ar",
     "en",
     "fa",
     "pnb",
     "ur"
    ],
    "checked": "2026-11-06",
    "sources": [
     "source/wikipedia-bankislami-en"
    ]
   },
   "wikidata": "Q4855882",
   "catalogues": {
    "ticker": "PSX: BIPL"
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia \"BankIslami\" (revision 1383347462, 2 November 2026), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 6 November 2026; Wikidata sitelinks read the same day",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)",
   "model": "claude-opus-5-5",
   "run": "modern-enterprise-b04"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بنك إسلامي باكستان بنك إسلامي باكستاني مقره كراتشي يعمل وفق الشريعة، وكان له في 2025 أكثر من 550 فرعا، وعدّه تقرير بنك الدولة لسنة 2024 من أكبر ثلاثة بنوك إسلامية بالأصول والودائع. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التأسيس والاستحواذات",
     "markdown": "سُجّل سنة 2005 وبدأ العمل في 7 أبريل 2006 بترخيص الصيرفة الإسلامية بموجب سياسة 2003. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en} واستحوذ في مايو 2015 على بنك «كاسب» بعد تدخل بنك الدولة لحماية المودعين، وفي أغسطس 2023 رفع بنك «جي إس» حصته فيه إلى 75.12% فصار جزءا من مجموعة جي إس. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الرقابة الشرعية",
     "markdown": "تشرف على التزامه هيئة رقابة شرعية مستقلة، وأطلق في 2025 منصة «إيك» المصرفية الرقمية. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية، «BankIslami»، المراجعة 1383347462. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bankislami",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "BankIslami Pakistan is a Shariah-compliant Islamic bank in Karachi; in 2025 it had more than 550 branches, and the State Bank of Pakistan's 2024 report listed it among the top three Islamic banks by assets and deposits. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Founding and acquisitions",
     "markdown": "It was incorporated in 2005 and began operating on 7 April 2006 under an Islamic banking licence of the 2003 policy. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en} In May 2015 it acquired KASB Bank after the State Bank intervened to protect depositors, and in August 2023 JS Bank raised its holding to 75.12%, making it part of JS Group. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sharia oversight",
     "markdown": "An independent Shariah Supervisory Board oversees it, and in 2025 it launched the Aik digital banking platform. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, \"BankIslami\", revision 1383347462. {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bankislami",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-07"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "بینک اسلامی پاکستان کراچی کا شریعت کے مطابق اسلامی بینک ہے؛ 7 اپریل 2006 کو کام شروع کیا اور 2023 میں جے ایس گروپ کا حصہ بنا۔ {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، «BankIslami»، نظرِ ثانی 1383347462۔ {cite:wikipedia-bankislami-en}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "listing/bankislami",
    "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"
 }
}