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Purpose: Globally commercialized Islamic Banks were launched in 1970s at Middle East, Africa while in year 2002 at Pakistan. As of 2019, there were 5 full-fledge Islamic Banks operating in Pakistan and nearly all conventional banks have Islamic windows. Islamic Banks captured more than 15.5% share of the total Pakistan’s banking market and have far greater potential and capacity to take major share in the market. Methodology: Researchers have examined State Bank of Pakistan’s Shar¯ı‘ah Governance Framework and compared it with the Shar¯ı‘ah governance framework of Malaysia, in light of IFSB guidelines. Based on key findings, focused group interviews of Shar¯ı‘ah scholars were carried out to get their perception about the Shar¯ı‘ah compliance and effectiveness of Shar¯ı‘ah Governance Framework in Pakistan. Findings: The study focused on 5 key components of a good governance system, independence of Shar¯ı‘ah board, competence, confidentiality, consistency and disclosure requirement. The study revealed that Pakistan’s Shar¯ı‘ah governance system is compliant with IFSB guidelines and comparable with Malaysian model. Significance: This study is a unique study in the context of Pakistan. The finding of this research study will provide a comprehensive over view of the Shar¯ı‘ah Governance Framework (SGF) and perception of the Shar¯ı‘ah Scholars on SGF. The study findings may be useful for Islamic banks and other institutions using Islamic mode of financing. Limitations: The study was conducted on a limited sample size mainly from Karachi however the study may be replicated on a bigger sample size and including other cities while the number of conducted interviews can be increased if we go for pan Pakistan as they were only 15 dues to limitation of city as Karachi. Practical Implication: The Shar¯ı‘ah scholars have positive opinion and shown satisfaction on Shar¯ı‘ah governance system and effectiveness of Shar¯ı‘ah controls.The study results can be used to improve public perception about Shar¯ı‘ah compliance of Islamic banking system in Pakistan.

Purpose: Online retailing has grown tremendously over the last decade, particularly in the COVID 19 period but little attention has been given to ethical problems arising from it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of e-retailing ethics on consumer repurchase intention aiming to highlight the significance of ethical consideration in e-retailing business..   Design/Methodology/Approach: This is a quantitative study and the sample size is 212 participants. Male participants were 129 and  Female participants were  83. Respondents mainly included consumers with varying frequencies of online purchasing. The conceptual framework comprised of reliability, non-deception, security, trust and e-service quality as independent variables moderated by shopping habits. The dependent variable was repurchase intention. PlS-SEM was used to analyze the data. The participants mostly were residents of Karachi. Findings: The repurchase intention of consumers is directly impacted by three independent variables of e-retailing ethics out of five tested in the study i.e. E-service quality, reliability and non-deception while remaining variables trust and security proved insignificant. The study results further revealed that reliability, non-deception, and e-service quality are also positively moderated by shoping habits while security and trust proved insignificant. Implications/Originality/Value: The findings can be used by online retailing outlets to design marketing strategies for successfully running their store.

The population of Pakistan is fast growing and the need for supply of medicine will continue to increase. The local pharmaceutical market is growing at a faster pace as compared with the international market. Until 1990, the reliance on the supply of medicine to cater to the national demand was on multinational companies holding major market share. Thereafter, the national pharmaceutical companies started investing to improve the quality of their product lines, employing qualif ied professionals, and ensuring compliance with the global standard of quality and good manufacturing practices. Consequently, national com- panies' market share drastically increased and the national demand for medicine is locally produced. The study results based on interviews of key stakeholders and available literature revealed that the local pharmaceutical sector is facing critical challenges of counterfeit medicine, pricing controversies, affordability of the medicine, lack of Research and Development (R&D) initiatives, and unethical marketing (bribing/cash incentives to the doctors). The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) seems ineffective to overcome these challenges, eliminate counterfeit medicines, and take measures to curb the unethical marketing practices that are risking patient life, health, and treatment cost. The study further explored that unethical marketing practices, and prescribing expensive brands by doctors, creates a serious conflict of interests and fast a decline in patient trust and affordability of medicine cost. Thus strong regulatory controls,transparency, moral and ethical values are needed to enforce drug acts and make the stakeholder's groups accountable. There is a need to punish both the companies bribing the doctors on the pretext of product promotion and doctors accepting such benef its to protect the patient's interest and limit treatment cost. Strict regulations and incentive plans for the pharmaceutical sector are needed to promote Research and Development (R&D).