PREAMBLE

We are thankful to Allah Ta'ala Who is His Infinite Grace has blessed us with a deep understanding of the ultimate reality. We believe that:

It is He Who created and owns the Universe and sent man on this earth and His vicegerent. He sent, from time to time, His messengers to provide guidance and leadershipn to mankind in the art of living.

The way of life that the Creator sent for mankind was completed and finalized at the hands of the Last of the Prophets, Hadrat Muhammad Sal Allaho Alaihi Wasallam. The complete code of life was outlined in the last of the revealed books, The Qur'an. Prophet Muhammad established a perfect example in accordance with that code. Both the Book and the Perfect Example serve as sources of guidance for humanity and for all times to come.

Our salvation lies in shaping life according to the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Our well-being demands that we devote every iota of our energy towards establishing Islam as a way of life.

The individual efforts towards this end need to be organized and focused and developed into a movement.

It is also the need of the hour that these efforts are geared and cohered in many different professional circles. These professional circles will serve as catalysts of change in society and can pave the way to a full-fledged Islamic revolution.

Hence, we the doctors who aspire to establish Allah's rule on earth, join hands to form Pakistan Islamic Medical Association and pray to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala that He help us shape our individual lives according to the Qur'an and Sunnah and devote all our capabilities towards bringing about a universal Islamic revolution, give us success, accept our sacrifices and forgive us our lapses. Amen.

Article 1:    Name

The name of this organization of Pakistani doctors shall be the "Pakistan Islamic Medical Association".

Article 2:    Mission

The mission of PIMA shall be the achievement of Alalh's pleasure through selfless service and building human society on the principles taught by Allah and His Messnger.

Article 3:    Aims & Objectives

1. To motivate doctors to meet the practical requirements of Islam and organize on one platform those who agree to the mission of this organization.
2. To exploit as doctors the opportunities of mass contact for the spread of Islam.
3. To make effective arrangements for idelogical, moral and professional training of doctors belonging to this organization.
4. To setup professional medical organizations on correct and constructive lines and make efforts to solve in a positive way the genuine problems of the people in the medical profession.
5. To establish on Islamic lines an effective health policy and medical education in the country.
6. To formulate plans for the execution of charitable work concerning medical profession and through them disseminate among masses the message of Islam.

Article 4:    Membership

Every doctor eligible for registration with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council may become a member of the Association (PIMA) provided that

1. After understanding the Association's mission, he / she declares that the same is his/her mission.
2. He / She is in full agreement with the aims & objectives and the action plan of the Association.
3. He / She commits to bind himself / herself to the Association's discipline, rules and regulations in accordance with this constitution.
4. He / She strives to observe the obligatory duties of the Islamic Shariah and avoids major sins.
5. He / She is ready to pay the stipulated amount of money (as contribution) required to meet the monetary needs of the Association.

Article 5:

1. In accordance with the provisions of Article 4 stated above the procedure for joining the Association shall be that the applicant doctor shall fill the Association's Membership Form (Appendix I) and send it for approval to the Central President through the Local President.
2. The Central President shall approve the application; to refuse the membership he will have to consult the Shura Council.
3. The applicant shall consider himself a member of teh Association only after the approval of the Central President.
4. The applicant shall be liable to the rights of the membership after he / she has received a written approval of membership
5. The applicaiton for membership shall be sent to the Central President through the Provincial President where there is no local branch; and where there is no Provincial President, the applicaiton shall be directly sent to the Central President.

Article 6:

Every member is required to adopt the following gradually in his life

1. To mould his/her life according to (the teachings of) the Qur'an and Sunnah, abandon the worship of material things and the desires of the slef.
2. To develop his/her academic, intellectual and professional capabilities and use them for the establishment of the Deen.
3. To invite people of his profession to join this organization and induct into its discipline those who accept (the invitation).

Article 7:

1. A member can be expelled from the association only if.
1. He/She deviates b word or action fro his oath of membership (Appendix # 4) OR
2. He/She commits an act which is detrimental to the Association's standpoint, discipline of its moral and religious image, OR
3. It is manifest from his words and deeds that he has lost all interest in the Association.
2. If a Local President feels that any of the members of his branch has committed something described in item no.1 of this article to the extent that he should be expelled from membership, the Branch President shall report this to the Provincial President and the Provincial President with his own note forward it to the Central President. And where there is no Provincial President (set-up), the report shall be directly sent to the Central President.
3. In absence of a local branch and in case where there are individual members only, the Provincial President shall have the power to recommend an expulsion.
4. The final decision of expulsion depends upon the discretion of the Central President, but he is required to consult the Shura Council.

Article 8:

1. The member shall hand over his resignation to the Branch President, whose duty shall be to inform the Central President through the Provincial President, and where there is no provincial setup the resignation will be sent to the Central President.
2. When the Central President is intimated of the resignation the membership stands suspended.
3. The membership is cancelled after the Central President accepts the resignation.
   

Article 9:

The membership of the members of PIMA, who go abroad for study or service, shall remain intact.