Shaikh Irshad completed his Takhassus in Iftaa, PhD in Jamia Dar-ul-Uloom (Pakistan); a leading institute of the world-renowned Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (an expert in the field of Islamic Studies). He is also a candidate of MPhil in Islamic Finance & Banking. Apart from being a member of the Shariah Advisors Forum formed by the State Bank of Pakistan for developing and implementing Shariah Standards for Islamic Financial Institutions,

he also leads the task force for Islamic alternatives for agricultural finance; and the committee for review of AAOIFI Shariah standards on Mudarabah. He is a visiting faculty member of Iqra University, National Institute of Banking and Finance, a subsidiary of the State Bank of Pakistan, Centre for Islamic Economic, and Sheikh Zayed Islamic Center.