Whereas several persons desirous of forming a Society in pursuance of Act XXI of 1860 applied on 7th May,1948 under their respective signatures for registration of the association under the name and style “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN”;
And whereas “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” was registered together with the Memorandum of Association and Bye-Laws thereof by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, East Bengal, under No 116/26 E.B of 1948-49 dated the 7th May, 1948;
And whereas after registration “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” having its Headquarters at Dacca in East Pakistan became a Corporate Body under the Act together with all the rights and liabilities thereof under the Constitution of the “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” and the Bye-Laws made there under;
And whereas due to cessation of East Pakistan “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” was registered together with the Memorandum of Association and Bye-Laws thereof by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Punjab, Lahore, under No RP/493 of 1976-77 dated the 27th Jun, 1977 with its Headquarter at 24-B/2, Gulberg-III, Lahore;
And whereas the Constitution of “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” as originally framed in 1948 was amended:-
(a) in 1952 and was also approved by the Government of Pakistan
(b) on 14th April,1962 in the Annual General Meeting held at Rawalpindi which became effective on 25th November, 1964
(c) on 19th December, 1965 at Dacca in its extra ordinary General Meeting
And whereas “THE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” further amended the Constitution:-
(a) on 27th May, 1972 in its Extra Ordinary General Meeting held at Lahore
(b) on 28th May, 1973 at Karachi
(c) on 16th February, 1979 in its 22nd Annual General Meeting held at Karachi whereby the word “Institute” was changed to “Institution” in the name of the Institution
(d) on 25th January,1992 in Annual General Meeting held at Lahore
(e) on 18th July 2000 in 43rd General Body meeting held at Islamabad
(f) on 2nd January 2001 in the 44th General Body Meeting held at Karachi
(g) on 22nd Sep 2013 in the 48th General Body Meeting held at Islamabad
(h) on 12th Apr 2017 in 51st general Body meeting held at Multan and
(i) on 21st Apr 2018 in 52nd general Body meeting held at Peshawar
Now therefore the Constitution of the “THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, PAKISTAN” has accordingly been updated and reprinted in its present form.