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Published in May 2006 By:
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First Edition of 6th Amendment as approved by Council of Members of Sindh Graduates
Association and proposed by Central Executive Committee in their meeting of 23 rd April, 2006 at
Hyderabad.
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Certificate of Registration Societies
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SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT XXI OF 1860
e) Office Bearers: Means any member holding the post in Council of Members or Central
Executive Committee or Branch Managing Committee and shall include at Centre,
(i) Chairperson; (ii) Vice Chairperson; (iii) Secretary General; (iv) Deputy Secretary General; (v)
Secretary Finance, Planning & Employment; (vi) Secretary Information, Communication,
Publication and Research, (vii) Secretary Education, IT, Culture, Youth and Human Resource
Development, (viii) Secretary Health, Environment & Agriculture; (ix) Secretary Women
Development, Human Rights & Gender Issues; and Executive Members and at Branch,
President, Vice President, General Secretary, Joint Secretary, Finance Secretary, Information
Secretary and Executive Members.
k) Branch: means a branch of Sindh Graduates Association opened in accordance with article 5
of Articles of Association.
m) Committee: Means a committee formed by the Central Executive Committee for some
specific job/work/project.
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n) Bureau/Directorate: Means a Bureau/ Directorate formed by Association for some specific
project of permanent nature.
o) Sub-committee: Means a sub-committee formed by the branch for some job/ work/ project.
q) Sindhi: Means any person of Sindh origin or a permanent and bonafide resident of Sindh,
meeting all requirements of the Sindh Permanent Residence Certificate Act 1971 and wedded to
the interests of Sindh.
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(t) To Receive donation from any person, local organizations, corporate bodies including
without limitation private and public limited companies, Government of Sindh / Pakistan,
International Development Agencies, International Organizations, Foreign Governments,
UN Agencies from home and abroad.
(u) To establish in any place in Sindh, Pakistan or elsewhere in the world such branch,
agency or local board for managing any of the affairs of the Association as may be
considered necessary and expedient.
(v) To establish, run and support research institutions, laboratories, technical training centers
and schools, grant stipends, scholarships for training abroad, and to do all such other
things as may be calculated to benefit the Association. To promote arts and science and
advancement of knowledge on literature, medicine, engineering, agriculture and other
areas which will promote the well-being of human beings and / or preservation of flora
and fauna on a sustainable basis and give literary and science awards and prizes in
furtherance of these objectives.
(w) To establish, support, or aid in the establishment and running of associations, institutions,
funds, trusts and conveniences calculated to benefit members or employees or ex
employees of the Association, or the dependents connected to such persons and to grant
pensions and allowances and to pay towards insurance and to subscribe or contribute
money to employees, provident fund and to open schools, hospitals, clubs, cooperative
shops and to provide suitable living quarters.
(x) To act or be appointed as trustee, agent, representative, to manage, superintend and to
control any venture in furtherance of the objects of Association.
(y) To fund, build, aid, assist, set up, manage, maintain, administer, run homes, shelters, for
poor and ultra poor with special emphasis on welfare of children, women and disabled for
their development and empowerment and for relief of distress.
(z) To print, publish, issue, circulate papers, periodicals, books, publications and other
literary, scientific and useful works, efforts and undertakings or may undertake/use
electronic means/media such as TV channels, radio etc. as may be helpful to accomplish
any of the objects of the Association.
The names, descriptions and addresses of the members of the Managing body to whom by the
rules of the Society, the management has been entrusted are as under:
S.N Name Address Description
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1 Mr. Mohammad Bilal Siyal Manager, Fisherman’s Co- President
Operative Society, Fish Harbour
Karachi.
2 Mr. Shamsher-ul-Hyderi Editor, Pakistan Films & Vice President
Publication Dept. 29-D, Pakistan
Quarters, Karachi.
3 Dr. Suleman Shaikh 19 LMC Colony, Jamshoro. General Secretary
4 Mr. Sain Bux Abbasi A/31, C-1 Area, Liaquatabad, Karachi. Joint Secretary
5 Mr. Bakhsh Ali Lakho 661/18 Federal B Area, Karachi. Finance Secretary
6 Mr. Mohammad Swaleh Engineer K.E.S.C. 637/C, Information Secretary
Shaikh P.E.C.H.S., Karachi.
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Article (3)
(i) Office Bearers-Central Executive Committee (C.E.C.):
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) shall comprise of 23 members as under:
( c) Co-opted Members
Five (5) technocrats including two females shall be nominated/co-opted jointly by elected &
permanent members from among the senior members of the Association having more than 10
years continuous record of service with the Association. However, the employees of SGA cannot
be co-opted as the members on CEC.
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The office bearers shall be elected by the members of CEC from among themselves and shall
consist of (i) Chairperson; (ii) Vice Chairperson; (iii) Secretary General; (iv) Deputy Secretary
General; (v) Secretary Finance, Planning & Employment; (vi) Secretary Information,
Communication, Publication and Research, (vii) Secretary Education, IT, Culture, Youth and
Human Resource Development, (viii) Secretary Health, Environment & Agriculture; (ix)
Secretary Women Development, Human Rights & Gender Issues and Executive Members. The
Secretary General will preferably be elected from the 13 elected members as mentioned at sub
article (i) (a) of article (3).
The transferor branch after having been satisfied that all the dues of the requesting member are
cleared will issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the transferee branch and on the basis of
NOC, the transferee branch will take that member on the roll of the branch.
If for any reasons transferee branch refuses to accept transfer, the affected member in that case
may approach Central Executive Committee for intervention. The decision of Central Executive
Committee so taken shall be final. In this process the membership of the affected member will
remain continued and he shall be entitled for all the rights and benefits of membership alike other
members of the transferor branch from the date following the date of NOC. issued by the
transferor branch.
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Article (6) (i) Council of Members (C.O.M.):
All the affairs of Association including financial and otherwise shall be conducted by a Council of
Members henceforth called C.O.M, through CEC. The COM shall consist of the Presidents,
General Secretaries of Branches of Association, and Members of Central Executive Committee.
In order to conduct the affairs of Association, the Council of Members shall exercise its powers
through Central Executive Committee which shall have its office-bearers and executive members
as contemplated by article 3(i) of the constitution. The Council of Members shall be high powered
body and all its decisions taken in general meeting, extra ordinary general meetings, shall be
binding on all its members, Central Executive Committee, and the Branches.
a) Meeting:
The Council shall meet at least once in six months. The Council shall hold annual general
meeting/annual convention of Association to transact the business as contemplated by article
(16).
The Central Executive Committee shall meet at least once in three months.
b) Notice:
Regular notice for the meeting shall be given ten days in advance in case of Central Executive
Committee meeting and fifteen days in advance in case of meeting of Council of Members. The
notice shall state the date, time, place thereof and agenda to be discussed there at.
c) Quorum:
For CEC one third of the members and office bearers of Central Executive Committee and for
Council one third or 25 of the members and office bearers of Council of Members, which ever is
less, shall form the quorum. If the quorum is not complete with-in one hour, the meeting shall be
adjourned to another date not exceeding the period of 10 days.
d) Requisition:
On getting a requisition signed by atleast one third of the members and office bearers of Council
Of Members or of Central Executive Committee, the Secretary General shall call a special
meeting of Council or Central Executive Committee as the case may be, within 20 days of the
receipt of such requisition. If the Secretary General fails to call the meeting the requisitionist shall
refer the matter to Chairperson for convening such meeting within 15 days of the receipt of such
reference. The meeting so called shall neither discuss nor decide any matter other than one for
which the meeting is specially called in terms of the requisition so received.
e) Emergency Meeting:
If the Chairperson and Secretary General feel that it has become essential to call a meeting to
discuss some emergent matter, the Secretary General may call emergency meeting with a notice
of 48 hours. The mode of communication of such notice shall be telegram/telephone. The quorum
for such meeting shall be 8 members.
f) Committees/Bureaus/Directorates:
The Central Executive Committee may form Bureaus/Directorates/Committees for the purpose of
supervision or management of the affairs of the Association which shall be governed by the rules
framed by the Central Executive Committee. The number of the members of body thus formed
shall be determined by the Central Executive Committee.
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Managing Committee consisting of the office bearers elected at the Annual General meeting or
co-opted under the provisions of this Constitution.
a) Meeting:
The Branch Managing Committee shall meet at least once in two months.
b) Notice:
Regular notice shall be given seven days in advance stating the time, date, place thereof and
agenda to be discussed thereat.
c) Quorum:
One third of the members of the Branch Managing Committee shall form the quorum. If the
quorum is not complete with in one hour, the meeting shall be adjourned to another date not
exceeding the period of 10 days.
d) Requisition:
On getting a requisition signed by atleast one third of members of the Branch Managing
Committee, the General Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Branch Managing
Committee within seven days of the receipt of such requisition. If the General Secretary fails to
call the meeting, the requisitionist shall refer the matter to the President for convening such
meeting within seven days of the receipt of such reference, but such meeting shall not discuss or
decide any matter other than the one for which meeting is specially called in terms of requisition
so received.
e) Emergency Meeting:
If the President and General Secretary feel that it has become essential to call a meeting to
discuss some emergent matter, the General Secretary may call emergency meeting with a notice
of 48 hours. The mode of communication of such notice shall be telegram/telephone. The quorum
for such meeting shall be 8 members.
f) Sub Committee:
The Branch Managing Committee may form a sub-committee for the purpose of supervision or
management of the affairs of the branch of the Association. The number of members of a sub-
committee shall be headed by the Convenor who shall be ex-officio member of Branch Managing
Committee.
(b) He/She shall be head of the audit committee for the financial / internal controls in the
Association and shall report to CEC in audit matters.
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(iv) Deputy Secretary General/Joint Secretary
He/She will be responsible for all activities of Association/Branch in the absence of Secretary
General/General Secretary or will attend to such duties as the Secretary General/General
Secretary may delegate.
(vii) Secretary Education, IT, Culture, Youth and Human Resource Development:
He/She shall be the incharge and responsible of all the activities for promotion of Education and
opening of Schools and Colleges. He/She shall be responsible to arrange development
programmes for youth and take necessary measures for promotion of SGA Scouts, indigenous
and Olympic games among the youth of Sindh. He/She shall endeavour to institutionalize the
activities for capacity building of individuals, members and organizations. He/she will also take
measures for promotion of cultural and social activities.
Note: For smooth working of the Association and/or to lessen the burden of workload, CEC may
form committees or delegate any of the above duties to any office bearer/member of CEC.
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a) Admission fee
b) Monthly subscription
c) Obtaining loans subject to approval of Central Executive Committee.
d) Grants, donations or gifts in any form from Government Organizations or from individuals or
any institution.
e) Any funds given by Central Executive Committee.
f) Any other source as determined by BMC from time to time.
The funds so raised under above different sources shall collectively be known as General Fund.
All expenses/ payments shall be met from the General Fund unless there is specific fund for
specific purpose.
(iv) Loan:
Loan from any financial institution can be obtained subject to approval of two third majority of
Central Executive Committee.
The bank account shall be opened with the approval of Centre and shall be operated jointly by
any two of the following office bearers.
OR
In certain special cases CEC may delegate signing powers to CEC members or down the line.
For Branches: The President or the General Secretary jointly with Finance Secretary. However, in
certain special cases the BMC with the approval of CEC may delegate signing powers to BMC
members or down the line.
The Bank account of Branch can be closed or operations ceased by the CEC if deemed fit under
the circumstances.
The funds of the Association shall be spent for the purposes which will promote the objects of the
Association as laid down in this Constitution.
(ii) Qualification:
In respect of Association the auditors shall be practicing Chartered Accountants where as for
Branch; any person who is qualified or is authorized by Association shall audit the accounts of
Branch.
(iii) Disqualifications:
The auditor who is associated with the Association as an office bearer or as a member or is not
chartered accountant will stand disqualified for the appointment as Auditor of Association. If the
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auditor is associated with Association as member or as an office bearer, his appointment will be
invalid and he shall cease to be the auditor of the Association provided that an office bearer or
member of Association or any other person who is authorized by Central Executive Committee
shall be the Auditor for the Branch of Association.
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nominated from the Associate/Vice Chairmen of the Association. However, the members who
have completed five terms as permanent members in CEC and have not attained the age of
70 years may be re-nominated/co-opted. Article 14 (viii) shall apply with immediate effect and
has no retrospective effect.
However, in the event of dissolution, and after meeting all liabilities, if any, the Association shall
transfer its entire assets within three months of the dissolution under intimation to the
Commissioner of Income Tax to another similar Organization with same aims and objectives and
which is an approved Non-Profit Organization.
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Article (19) Liability of Office Bearer:
No office bearer shall be personally liable. Unless otherwise proved to have acted against interest
of the Association and created the liability in name thereof no office bearer shall be sued in
his/her individual capacity by any party from within members or outside provided he/she has
acted in good faith.
Article (21)
Every branch shall inform and communicate to the Central Executive Committee within a week of
any vacancy caused by death or by other reason of any office bearer of Branch Managing
Committee.
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PART – II RULES
RULES OF ELECTIONS
Any two present shall form the quorum. In absence of Chief Election Commissioner the senior
member or as mutually agreed between the two members will act as chairman.
(iv) Accounts:
After the close of election process, the election committee will send a detailed account of all
receipts and payments to Central Election Commission along with a demand draft or pay order for
the excess amount of income over expenditure.
OR
That His / Her membership is newly approved by C.E.C. for first election of B.M.C.
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vi) That the candidate does not involve in convincing in the manner prohibited by the
Commission.
vii) That he/she does not propagate in such a way which injures the feelings of fellow
members or harms the name and reputation of Association.
viii) That he / she does not act against the directions of election commission/committee.
ix) That he / she does not spend money for votes.
i) He/She should not be office holder of the branch as President, Vice President,
General Secretary, Joint Secretary, Finance Secretary and Information Secretary.
ii) He/She should be regular member of the Association for at least ten consecutive
years. However this condition shall not apply to female members.
iii) He/She should have remained in C.O.M. for at least two tenures. However, this
condition shall not apply to female members.
iv) That the candidate does not involve in convincing in the manner prohibited by the
commission.
v) That he/she does not propagate in such a way, which injures the feelings of the
fellow members or harms the name and reputation of the Association.
vi) That he/she does not act against the directions of Election Commission.
vii) That he/she does not spend money for votes.
Rule - 3 (b)
Repealed
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v) No person shall propose or second more than one candidate for one and same post.
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Schedule “A”
OATH OF OFFICE
Signature _______________
Chairperson / President /
Chief Election Commissioner
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Schedule “B”
Name: _____________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________
Membership No.: _____________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________
Membership No.: _____________________________________
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MISSION STATEMENT
SGA follows Humanistic Philosophy that recognizes and respects the values and rights of each
individual, group or culture as a starting point for any kind of human interaction.
SGA in its work synthesizes the methodical approach of conscientization and empowerment of
communities.
SGA undertakes social analysis of the society within the framework of participation, equity and
equality. Based on the principle of Human Rights as enshrined in the U.N.O. Charter and the
Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
SGA believes that Peace and National Harmony is possible only when knowledge and
experience possessed by each individual is released in a transparent process and through
collective group actions.
SGA while pursuing the goal of National Harmony and Peace shall undertake empirical analysis,
to identify discrimination and gaps in access and quality of life within Sindh and compared with
national scenarios.
SGA believes that through constructive dialogue and mutual understanding perception of reality
do change.
SGA would endeavour to orient personal actions and personal perceptions through socialization
and education when individual values, preferences and norms have been internalized. People
form their needs, hopes and aspirations according to those perceptions. This subjective reality
will always orient personal action and interaction with other human beings. SGA would gear these
aspirations towards group action and constructive roles for the welfare of Sindhi Folk and other
Pakistani brothers.
SGA would operate on the assumption that ‘modernization paradigm’ is a reductionistic view
which neglects the diversity of possible cultural understandings of development. Each society has
created its own language and culture, which reflects its values, traditions and vision. It is the basic
right of each society to preserve, protect and flourish these values. SGA shall work to achieve
Aims and Objectives of the Association as outlined in Clause-4 of the Constitution of Sindh
Graduates Association.
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