Faculty Profile

Dr. Saqib Sharif

Associate Professor and Editor - Business Review

Department: Finance

Specialization: Finance

Onboard Status: Available

Email: ssharif@iba.edu.pk


Work Experience

  • Associate Professor and Editor - Business Review at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Aug-2023 to PRESENT)
  • Associate Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Feb-2020 to Jul-2023)
  • Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jun-2015 to Feb-2020)
  • Assistant Professor at Faculty of Management Sciences, Iqra University (Jun-2014 to Jun-2015)
  • Deputy Director at Research Department, SBP (Apr-2013 to May-2014)
  • Tutor/ Marker at School of Economics & Finance, Massey University (Jan-2009 to Dec-2012)
  • Assistant Director at Banking Inspection Department, SBP (Jan-2005 to Feb-2007)
  • Regulating Officer at Banking Policy & Regulations Department, SBP (Jan-2002 to Dec-2004)
  • Junior Officer at Micro-finance Division, SBP (Jul-1997 to Dec-2001)
  • Computer Programmer at Health Department, Govt. of Sindh (Jan-1997 to Jun-1997)
  • Data Entry Operator at Education Department, Govt. of Sindh (Dec-1994 to Dec-1996)

Academic Qualification

  • PhD (Finance), Massey University - 2013
  • MS (Finance), Massey University - 2008
  • MBA (Banking and Finance), Institute of Business Management(CBM),Karachi - 2004
  • PGD (Finance), Massey University - 2007
  • LLB , Government Sindh Muslim Law College - 2000
  • BCom , University of Karachi - 1996

Research Interests

  • Finance

Courses Taught

  • ADVANCED & APPLIED BUSINESS RESEARCH
  • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM (ELP)
  • FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS
  • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
  • FINANCIAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARES 2: STATA AND R
  • INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS FINANCE
  • MS IBF PROJECT
  • MS ISLAMIC FINANCE THESIS
  • REGULATION AND FINANCIAL MARKET
  • REGULATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS

Research Output


Journal Publication(s)

  • Mirza Abdul Mateen Baig, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Financing Attitude of Islamic and Conventional Banking Institutions towards Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan",Islamic Banking and Finance Review,Jan 23, 2024,,
  • Quratulain Nazeer Ahmed, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"WHO GETS BELIEVED? TRUST AND INVESTOR REACTION TO EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SHARI'AH-COMPLIANT VS. SHARI'AH NON-COMPLIANT FIRMS",ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance (IJIF),Mar 06, 2023,Malaysia,
  • Dr. Wali- Ullah, Dr. Seema Rehman, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Relative Signed Jump and Future Stock Returns",Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting,Apr 05, 2023,Romania,
  • Seema Rehman, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Dr. Wali- Ullah, Mustansar Hayat ,"Realized Skewness and Momentum",Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies,Dec 21, 2021,United Kingdom,
  • Seema Rehman, Jameel Ahmed, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Risk vs Upside Uncertainty: Application of Quantile Regression in Investment Analysis",Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies,Jul 05, 2021,England,England
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Muhammad Farhan ,"The Effect of Size on Stock Returns in an Emerging Financial Exchange",City University Research Journal,Dec 30, 2021,Pakistan,Peshawar
  • Seema Rahman, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Dr. Wali- Ullah ,"Explanatory Power of Realized Moments",Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting,Nov 15, 2021,United Kingdom,
  • Seema Rehman, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Dr. Wali- Ullah ,"Higher Realized Moments and Stock Return Predictability",Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting,Mar 23, 2021,Romania,
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic: Government Relief Package and Likely Misallocation of Loans in Pakistan",Sindh Economics & Business Review International,May 29, 2020,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Investment Opportunity Set, Corporate Governance Practices and Performance of Modarabas",Global Management Journal for Academic & Corporate Studies (GMJACS),Jul 19, 2019,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Shafaque Fatima, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Higher Education and Unemployment: In Urban and Rural Pakistan",Journal of Education and Social Sciences (JESS),Jun 15, 2019,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Asad Ali, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Stock Market Efficiency: The Pakistan Stock Exchange Merger",Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting,May 02, 2019,United Kingdom,
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"How Foreign Investors Influence Stock Markets? The Saudi Arabian Experience",Middle East Development Journal,Feb 27, 2019,United Kingdom,London
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Impact of Firm Size on the Weekend Effect: Evidence from the Australian Stock Exchange",Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics (JISR-MSSE),Jan 31, 2019,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"The Impact of Short Selling and Margin Trading Regulation on Information Efficiency in China",China Accounting and Finance Review,Jun 01, 2018,China,Hong Kong
  • Faiza Sharif, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"The Relationship of Workplace Design on Employees’ Perceived Productivity: A Case of Higher Education Institutions",Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research [JSSIR],Feb 19, 2018,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Shafaque Fatima, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Diversity and the Performance of Selected Financial Institutions of Asia",Sukkur IBA Journal of Economics and Finance (SIJEF),Aug 06, 2018,Pakistan,Sukkur
  • Faiza Sharif, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Assessing the Relative Importance of Employer Branding Dimensions on Retention of Employees: A Case of Private Schools of Karachi",IBA Business Review,Dec 21, 2017,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Amanullah Aman, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Imtiaz Arif ,"Comparison of Islamic Banks with Conventional Banks: Evidence from an Emerging Market",Journal of Management Sciences,Mar 30, 2016,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Shama Ghaffar, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"The level of Financial Literacy in Pakistan",Journal of Education & Social Sciences,Dec 29, 2016,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Capital Structure Theories and Leverage Behaviour of Pakistani Firms",Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics (JISR-MSSE),Oct 27, 2015,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Market Reaction to the Karachi Stock Exchange Floor Imposition",South Asian Journal of Global Business Research,Jun 22, 2015,,
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Hamish D. Anderson, Ben R. Marshall ,"Against the Tide: The Commencement of Short Selling and Margin Trading in Mainland China",Accounting and Finance,Dec 01, 2014,United States,Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Municipal Finance: An Opinion",SBP Research Bulletin,Nov 24, 2014,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Europe's Deadlock: A Book Review",Pakistan Business Review,May 24, 2014,Pakistan,Karachi
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Hamish D. Anderson, Ben R. Marshall ,"The Announcement and Implementation Reaction to China’s Margin Trading and Short Selling Pilot Programme",International Journal of Managerial Finance,Feb 19, 2014,,
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Khushhali Bank",Pakistan Business Review,Jul 25, 2003,Pakistan,Karachi

Case(s)

  • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Sarwat Ahson, Hina Noor ,"Al Meezan Investment Management Limited: Evolution of Shariah Compliant Mutual Funds",Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies,Oct 19, 2020,United Kingdom,
  • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"From Mutualized Exchange to Investor-Owned Demutualized Entity: The Case of Pakistan Stock Exchange",International Journal of Experiential Learning & Case Studies,Feb 24, 2018,Pakistan,Karachi

Book(s)


    Conference(s)

    • Ali Ahsan, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"THE EFFECT OF RECONSTITUTION OF SHARIAH COMPLIANT INDEX ANNOUNCEMENT ON STOCK TURNOVER AND RETURNS",IBA-SBS 3rd International Conference,May 31, 2024,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Mirza Abdul Mateen, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Financing attitude of Islamic vs. Conventional banking institutions towards SMEs in Pakistan",IBA-SBS 1st International Conference 2022 - Decision Making in a Disruptive Age,Jun 24, 2022,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Quratulain Nazeer Ahmed, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Who Gets Believed: Trust and Investor Reaction to Earnings Announcements",5th Islamic Finance, Banking & Business Ethics Global Conference,Jun 07, 2021,Pakistan,Virtual Conference
    • Hafiz Samiullah Daud, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Muzara'ah Based Models as Islamic Running Finance Alternative for Agriculture Credit",5th Islamic Finance, Banking & Business Ethics Global Conference,Jun 07, 2021,Pakistan,Virtual Conference
    • Seema Rehman, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Dr. Wali- Ullah ,"Realized Skewness and Stock Return Predictability",SZABIST International Conference on Interdisciplinary research in Management, Education and Social Sciences 2020,Jan 20, 2020,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Muhammad Farhan ,"The Effect of Size on Stock Returns in an Emerging Financial Exchange",National Business Research Symposium 2019,Apr 19, 2019,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif, Asad Ali ,"Stock market efficiency: The Pakistan Stock Exchange merger",3rd International Conference on 'Central Asian Regional Economic Integration and CPEC: Prospects, Challenges and the Way Forward" CAREIC-PCWF-2018,Dec 20, 2018,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Sarwat Ahson, Dr. Saqib Sharif, Hina Noor ,"Al Meezan Investments: Shariah Compliant Investments in Pakistan",3rd Islamic Finance Banking and Business Ethics Global Conference,May 02, 2018,Pakistan,Lahore
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"How Foreign Investors Influence Stock Markets? The Saudi Arabian Experience",7th Asian Management Research and Case Conference,Mar 23, 2018,Pakistan,PC Bhurban, Murree
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"An Investigation into the Role of Short-Selling and its Impact on the Weekend Effect – Evidence from Australian Market",International Conference on Innovation & Emerging Trends in Business Management, Education and Social Sciences, ICIETBMESS-2018,Jan 08, 2018,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Shafaque Fatima, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Higher Education and Unemployment: In Rural and Urban Pakistan",2nd National Research Conference on Management and Business (NRCMB) 2017,Nov 25, 2017,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Investment Opportunity Set, Corporate Governance Practices and Performance of Modarabas",World Islamic Finance Forum 2016,Sep 06, 2016,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Shafaque Fatima, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Higher Education and Unemployment: Rural Urban Dichotomy",National Symposium on Business, Management and Education 2015 - NSBME 2015,Nov 21, 2015,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Muhammad Farhan, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Impact of Firm Size on Stock Returns at Karachi Stock Exchange",National Symposium on Business, Management and Education 2015 - NSBME 2015,Nov 21, 2015,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Impact of Capital Structure Theories on Financing Decision in Pakistan",International Conference on Management, Education and Social Sciences Research,Apr 05, 2015,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Ameenullah Shaikh, Imtiaz Arif, Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Assessment of Commercial Banks: Islamic and Conventional Evidence from an Emerging Market",International Conference on Management, Education and Social Sciences Research,Apr 04, 2015,Pakistan,Karachi

    Other(s)

    • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Right to Adequate Housing",South Asia Monthly Magazine,Aug 24, 2020,Pakistan,Karachi
    • Dr. Saqib Sharif ,"Does Enhancement of Security-wise Price Bands Bring Efficiency to the Pakistan Stock Exchange?",South Asia Monthly Magazine,May 08, 2020,Pakistan,Karachi

    Projects

    List to come