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Burj Bank Limited, formerly known as Dawood Islamic Bank Limited (DIBL), now part of Al

Baraka Bank, It was Pakistan's sixth full Islamic bank. The bank obtained its license from the
State Bank of Pakistan in May 2006 and came into effect on Friday, April 27, 2007. The bank
was a result of the initiative of First Dawood Group, and Islamic Corporation for Private Sector
Development (ICD). in Jeddah, Unicorn Investment Bank in Bahrain, Al Safat Investment
Company in Kuwait, Gargash Enterprises (LLC) in Dubai, Singapore-based businessman Essof
Kolia and Shaikh Abdullah Mohammad Al-Romaizan, an entrepreneur from the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. In July 2011, the bank was renamed Burj Ban
Askari Bank Limited's board of directors has approved the merger of Askari Leasing Limited
with Askari Bank. The bank's board of directors at its Monday meeting issued this endorsement
at Askari Bank's one-year exchange rate in exchange for 1.83 shares of Askari Leasing, subject
to the approval of shareholders and executive management

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