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OF
ASSOCIATION
GLOBAL
HORTICULTURE
ASSOCIATION OF
PAKISTAN
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GLOBAL HORTICULTURE
ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
e) To hold shows for the exhibition of horticultural products and forestry and
for the demonstration of agricultural methods, machinery and modern
technology and hold events of an ancillary nature.
f) To promote and advance for the benefit and education of the public the
conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural
environment and
k) To grant scholarship stipends and other financial support to the poor and
Needy.
l) To create welfare fund for the help of the families of ailing, disabled,
calamity-stricken, deceased and needy people and effected people of
natural disasters.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
q) The Association shall confine its activities only to the object of the
Association as set forth in the Memorandum of Association and the income
and the property of the Association from whatever sources derived shall be
applied solely towards promoting the object of the Association.
s) To provide help to the needy students, widows, orphans, and any helpless
persons through guidance counseling or with the financial available
resources.
u) To provide legal aid to the needy and aggrieved and to make efforts for
fundamental human rights, for the common good.
w) The Association shall confine its activities within the territorial limits of
Pakistan and Internationally if needed.
za) To hold charitable events for the promotion and benefit of the horticulture.
zc) To promote efficiencies and supply chain knowledge and technologies for
horticulture industry in Pakistan and internationally with regards to flowers,
fruit and vegetables.
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
4. The names and addresses of the persons who are desirous to be formed into in
pursuance of this Memorandum of the Association of the Governing Body
are:
D-32 BLOCK -2
CLIFTON KARACHI.
239-B, BLOCK-2,
PECHS KARACHI
D-32 BLOCK-2
CLIFTON KARACHI
STREET 16 HOUSE #
A-33 BLOCK-S
CLIFTON KARACHI.
HOUSE A-407,
BLOCK-19 GULSHAN
–E-IQBAL, KARACHI
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
D-32 BLOCK -2
CLIFTON KARACHI.
239-B, BLOCK-2,
PECHS KARACHI
D-32 BLOCK-2
CLIFTON KARACHI
05 MR. SALEEM 42301-0309924-7 / JOINT
SHAIKH MUBARAK 0566068-8 SECRETARY
ALI ALIAS S.AYAZ
STREET 16 HOUSE #
A-33 BLOCK-S
CLIFTON KARACHI.
HOUSE 89 L PHASE 5
L BLOCK DHA
LAHORE
HOUSE A-407,
BLOCK-19 GULSHAN
–E-IQBAL, KARACHI
Signature: _____________________
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
GLOBAL HORTICULTURE ASSOCIATION
OF PAKISTAN
The principal office of the Association would be situated at Plot # 239-B, Block-2,
PECHS, Karachi.
The area of operation would comprise of various areas of Pakistan and around the world
b) To organize and participate in Expos, exhibitions and trade shows nationally and
internationally.
e) To grant scholarships, stipends and other financial support to the poor and needy.
f) To create welfare fund for the help of families of ailing, disabled, calamity
stricken and deceased.
iii) Who agrees to abide by constitution and byelaws of the Association and
supports the Association.
vi) Such other persons whom the Executive Committee shall admit to
membership.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
B) Categories of Membership.
i) Founder Member.
All the subscribers of the initial memorandum of the Association are entitled to be
the Founder Members of the Association on payment of token membership fees
amounting to Rs.10, 000/-.
Any person who pays an annual subscription of Rs.1, 000/- per annum may be
invited by the Executive Committee to become Ordinary Member of the
Association.
iii) Members.
Any person who has distinguished himself in social work or rendered valuable
services to the Association may be invited by the Executive Committee to be an
Honorary Member.
The Executive Committee can co-opt members for special purpose or purposes.
They may remain members by virtue of their office/designation and may
participate in the Executive Committee for a specified period, which shall be
decided by the Executive Committee.
i) Founder Member.
Person(s) who fulfill the condition laid under Article 6(A) and 6(B)(i) may be
invited by the Executive Committee to become founder member (s) of the
Association.
Persons having qualification as laid down in Article 6(A) and 6(B)(i) and desirous
to become ordinary member shall apply on prescribed form of the Association, to
the Executive Committee which shall have the power to accept or reject any such
application. A person shall become ordinary member only after payment of the
prescribed fee.
iii) Member.
Any Association who fulfills the conditions laid down under Article 6(B)(i) can
apply to the Executive Committee of the Association to become Affiliated
Member, which shall have the power to accept or reject any such application. The
Association shall become Affiliated Member only after payment of prescribed
fee.
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
The Executive Committee of the Association shall nominate Life Member and
member.
D) Procedure of Rejection.
ii) The application rejected for the second time by the Executive Committee
shall be deemed final.
i) The following categories of the members shall have the right to vote and
take part in the meetings and hold office.
1. Founder Members.
2. Life member and members.
ii) The following categories of the members shall not have the right to vote or
hold the office, but they may participate in the meetings and functions of
the Association.
1. Life Members.
2. Honorary Members.
3. Co-opted Members.
4. Founder Members.
iii) Members who have not paid their dues up to the due date shall not have
the right to vote or seek election or participate in any activity of the
Association.
The Hon. Treasurer will issue 15 days notice to all members who are in
arrears prior to the due date. A second notice of 30 days will be given at
the expiry of the first notice period. If the dues are not cleared as per
second notice the person concerned will ipsofacto cease, to be a member
of the Association.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
a) He shall be given a notice of at least 15 days by the
Executive Committee during which he shall submit a written
explanation of his conduct.
iv) Resignation.
v) Death of Member.
i) Non payment.
ii) In case of his conduct being detrimental to the interest of the Association,
the Executive Committee, if it is satisfied may restore his membership
after he gives a written assurance that he will not work against the interest
of the Association.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
A) Governing Body.
The Governing Body shall comprise of the Founder Members and Executive
Committee members
i) The Governing Body shall determine the policy and program of the
Association and approve fiscal budget submitted by the Executive
Committee.
ii) It will hold elections of office bearers and members of the Executive
Committee as and when due through Election Committee elected by it.
iii) It will appoint a firm of Chartered Accountants for the purpose of auditing
the accounts of the Association.
iv) It will approve the report and audited statement of accounts of the
previous year, submitted by the Executive Committee.
v) It will decide the appeals filed by the members and matters referred by the
Executive Committee.
B) Executive Committee
Chairman One
Vice Chairman One
Secretary One
President One
Joint Secretary One
Director Public Relation One
Treasurer One
i) To act and represent the Association in all matters and execute the policy
and decisions of the Governing Body.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
iv) To appoint, suspend, punish or dismiss paid staff of the Association if
deemed necessary. It shall also determine the terms and conditions of the
employment of staff.
vii) It shall prepare Annual reports, get the accounts audited and present them
to the Governing Body for approval.
viii) It shall fix the date, time and place for holding the annual general body
meeting as and when due.
ix) After election the Committee shall draw up the programs of the
Association and be responsible for its implementation.
A) Chairman.
ii) He shall ensure that the constitution is duly complied with in all respect.
iii) He shall keep himself informed of all the activities of the Association.
iv) He shall supervise the working of the Association, guide and help the
office bearers and members in discharge of their duties towards the
Association.
v) He shall exercise the right of casting vote in any of the meeting of the
Association.
vii) Provision of Article 6F (ii) shall not be applicable to the Chairman of the
Association.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
ix) The Chairman shall call the meeting of the Association and its Executive
Committee in accordance with the provision of the constitution and be
responsible for the execution of all the resolution and directives of the
Executive Committee.
x) He/she shall attend the meeting of the Governing Body and also of the
Executive Committee and kept a correct record of all proceedings.
xi) He/she shall very all bills, vouchers, etc and forward them to the treasurer
for scrutiny and payment as per rule.
xii) He/she is responsible for the general supervision of the office and the
staff, and related institutional services provided by the Association. The
Executive Committee may delegate to him the powers to appoint, dismiss
or reprimand members of the staff for dereliction of duties or any other
lapse. Any such action taken by the Chairman shall be reported to the
Executive Committee and the Government Body for approval. Such
approval shall be final.
xiii) He/She shall prepare the annual report of the Association and submit it to
the Executive Committee and the Governing Body for approval.
xv) He/she shall be responsible for submission of the report and returns as
desired by the Registrar Joint Stock Companies. He/she shall be
responsible for office management and the record of the Association.
xvii) He shall operate the bank account of the Association along with the
Chairman/Secretary, as may be decided by the Executive
Committee
C) Treasurer
ii) He shall within a week of receipt deposit all the amounts duly approved by
the Executive Committee in the account of the Association.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
iv) He shall prepare the annual budget and place it before the Executive
Committee for approval prior to its submission to the Governing Body of
the Association.
v) He shall be entitled to keep imp rest cash for day-to-day expenditure,
which amount, shall be fixed by the Executive Committee.
vii) He shall get the accounts examined by the Secretary and the Chairman
quarterly and put up the accounts and statement of fees and other such
dues as payable by the members and shall suggest Association means of
increasing the sources of income of the Association.
A) General
ii) No fresh notice shall be needed for an adjourned meeting and the meeting
shall be held on the same day, time and place in the following week. In
case the day of the meeting falls on a holiday it will be held on the next
working day. No quorum would be required for such meeting. Provisions
of the section shall not apply to the requisitioned meeting.
iv) A requisitioned meeting shall stand dissolved, if within half an hour of the
appointed time no quorum is formed. A requisitioned meeting for the
same business shall not be called for a period of six months from the
dissolved requisitioned meeting. The decision taken in such a majority of
members and shall have all the force of a meeting if it was called by the
General Secretary.
ii) Notice:
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
iii) Quorum.
Two third of the total members of the Association or not less than four or
such members whichever is greater in good standing shall constitute the
quorum at the annual general meeting or any other meeting of the
Governing Body.
iii) Notice:
iii) Quorum.
Two third of the total members of the Association or not less than four or
such members which ever is greater in good standing shall constitute the
quorum at the annual general meeting or any other meeting of the
Governing Body.
ii) Notice.
iii) Quorum.
One-third of the total members or not less than four, which ever is greater
of good standing, shall constitute a quorum for any special meetings.
Two third of the total members or not less than four whichever is greater
in good standing shall constitute the quorum.
The Executive Committee will ordinarily meet at least once in two months.
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i) Notice.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
b) A special or emergent meeting of the Executive Committee may be
called at the discretion of the Chairman at a notice of 4 hours.
ii) Quorum.
One-third of the members or not less than four, which ever is greater, shall
form the quorum for a meeting of the Executive Committee.
i) The terms of office shall be for a period of four years for all the office
bearers and members of the Executive Committee.
ii) No office bearers shall hold office for more than two (2) consecutive
terms.
iii) The Executive Committee must hand over the charge to newly elected
Executive Committee within 15 days after the election. The handing over and
taking over will be carried out under the supervision of the election Committee
ii) The election of office bearers and Executive members of the Executive
Committee will be held after Four years within two months of the expiry
of the terms of office i.e. 30th June of every fourth year.
iii) The members of the Election Committee will not be entitled to seek
election for any post in the Executive Committee.
iv) The elections will be held by secret ballot. Each Founder Member and
Ordinary Member shall have one vote.
vi) The notice giving the date, time and place of election meeting of the
Governing Body would also be sent to all the members by post under
postal certificate at least fifteen days before the date of election.
viii) The Election Committee shall continue to hold office and discharge its
duties in accordance with the constitution until such time as the new
Executive Committee and office bearers are elected.
CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
ix) First election of the Association shall be held by the founder members and
the above procedure shall not be applicable for the first election.
i) The financial year of the Association shall be from the 1st July to 30th
June of the subsequent year.
ii) All funds of the Association shall be kept in the scheduled bank approved
by the Executive Committee and subsequently.
iii) The bank account(s) of the Association shall be operated under joint
signatures of the “Treasurer and Chairman”.
iv) The account of the Association shall be audited annually by the Chartered
Accountant appointed by the Governing Body.
v) The Association will not grant any donation to other agency unless it is
approved for tax rebate under Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
vii) The moneys, income and property of Association, however, derived shall
be applicable solely towards the promotion of the objects of the
Association.
viii) No portion of the money, income and property of the Association shall be
paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of profit, dividends, bonds
or otherwise to any of its members or relatives.
ix) The money validly sat a part or not utilize shall not exceed at any time
twenty five percent of the income including surplus worked out of amount
donations made to it.
iii) Notice of such special meeting shall be given to all members of the
Association not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting.
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
v) No amendment shall be enforced or applied without the approval of the
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and the Commissioner, Government
of Sindh..
iii) In the event of dissolution of the Association, its assets left after meeting
its liabilities, if any, shall be transferred to another institution, trust,
society or having similar aims and objects of this Association, intimation
of such transfer to be given to the Commissioner within three months of
the dissolution,
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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
AUTHORITY LETTER
We the following subscribers of “GLOBAL HORTICULTURE ASSOCIATION OF
PAKISTAN” Karachi, having registered at Plot # 239-B, Block-2, PECHS, Karachi.
Hereby authorized Mr ABDUL WAHID S/O ABDUL GHANI (Chairman) to make any
amendment alternation and correction when required the Provincial Assistant Registrar,
Joint Stock Companies Karachi in the Memorandum and Articles of “GLOBAL
HORTICULTURE ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN ” of our ASSOCIATION on our
behalf as and when required or necessary.
D-32 BLOCK -2
CLIFTON KARACHI.
239-B, BLOCK-2,
PECHS KARACHI
04 ASAD WAHID S/O 42201-286993-0 / PRESIDENT
ABDUL WAHID 1219225-2
D-32 BLOCK-2
CLIFTON KARACHI
STREET 16 HOUSE #
A-33 BLOCK-S
CLIFTON KARACHI.
HOUSE A-407,
BLOCK-19 GULSHAN
–E-IQBAL, KARACHI