KARACHI: Practitioners, scholars and experts of Islamic finance will gather to discuss and share their knowledge, expertise and experience on the principles, instruments and issues in Sixth Islamic Finance Expo & Conference being held on April 04 in Karachi. Islamic Finance Expo and Conference IFEC 2017 will showcase all the industry players with their products and services to learn more about the offerings for the masses of Pakistan as well as Corporate and business schools and business houses. The theme of the conference is Transforming Strategies to Revitalize Growth: Forging the Next Phase of Progress for Islamic Finance. Institute of Business Administration-CEIF is the strategic partner in this annual conference. Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair will inaugurate the event. Mehmood Tareen, founder and CEO of The Professionals Network, event organizer and Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director IBA-CEIF during a briefing to a group of local journalists said that this will be an annual national gathering of practitioners, scholars and experts. Various sessions will be arranged by the leading executives of the financial institutions, shariah advisors and scholars along with the Islamic finance professionals and business practitioners. The conference will cover the topics of the growth of Islamic finance business and Takaful industry with its Strategic outlook. Islamic banks, takaful, asset management companies, modarabah and various business houses practicing shariah compliant operations in doing business will also be a part of the Conference. Tareen said that this event will be a key initiative in creating the mass awareness of Islamic finance industry and Islamic business practices in all the levels of masses and will be attended by the banking and corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, industrialists, high net worth individuals, corporate customers, students of various age groups and the most importantly the general public.