Pakistan, May 21 -- At the National Islamic Economic Forum?2025 in Karachi, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad outlined government-SBP efforts to deepen Pakistan's Sukuk market and urged stakeholders to tackle issuance bottlenecks.

"We are working towards simplifying Sukuk structure and easing the process of issuing new Sukuks," he said on Tuesday, adding that the central bank and the government are jointly working towards transferring public debt towards Sukuk, a Shariah-compliant bond. "I think that we should address the underlying issues together, so that we can issue more Sukuks and provide products to investors that are compliant with the Shariah," he said. Highlighting the country's macroeconomic indicators, the cen...