Imran Khan Nyazee

Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (عمران احسن خان نیازی; born 25 October 1945, Pakistan) is a Pakistani legal scholar. He has taught at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) for over 20 years.

His Theories of Islamic Law has been described as laying the foundations for a 'new (Islamic) jurisprudence'.

His works include Theories of Islamic Law –in which Islamic legal theories have been presented from the perspective of comparative jurisprudence; Islamic Law of Business Organizations (Partnerships )—which discusses aspects of Islamic business law; Islamic Law of Business Organizations (Corporations)—a treatise on fictitious personality in the light of classical fiqh; The Concept of Riba in Islamic Banking and its sequel, Prohibition of Riba Elaborated as well asMurabaha and Credit Sale —all three of which are strong critiques of Islamic Banking.

Nyazee was born on 25 October 1945 to a conservative Mianwali family. His parents were from the Nyazee tribe and of Pathan descent. His father, Abdul Karim Nyazee was a lecturer at Government College Lahore and later joined the civil service. Following partition, he resigned his teaching position to practice taxation law. He was an acquaintance of Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Nyazee's mother, Farukh Sultan Nyazee, a religious person and also a teacher. Nyazee has a daughter and two sons. His eldest son is a politician. In his retirement, Nyazee writes and takes up occasional teaching assignments. He lives in Islamabad.

Nyazee was educated at the Presentation Convent, Rawalpindi; Saint Mary's Cambridge School, and Cadet College Hasan Abdal. His tertiary education began at the American missionary run Gordon College. One of his contemporaries was Khalilur Rahman Ramday, a supreme court judge. Nyazee received a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Punjab University. He then enrolled at the Punjab University Law College, Lahore where he graduated in 1969.

Nyazee joined the chambers of Mawlvi Sirajul Haqq, Rawalpindi. In 1972, he was employed at the Investment Corporation of Pakistan and then the Dawood Group.

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