Justice Usmani is Vice President of Dar Al Uloom Karachi, the former Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Fiqh Academy and a former member of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is also Chairman of the Shariah supervisory boards of Guidance Financial Group, Saudi American Bank and Citi Islamic Investment Bank; Vice Chairman of the Shariah supervisory board of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; and member of the Shariah supervisory boards of Al-Baraka Group and First Islamic Investment Bank, among others. Justice Usmani holds Alimiyyah and Takhassus degrees from Darul Uloom, Karachi, an M.A. degree from Punjab University and an L.L.B from Karachi University.