The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA Pakistan) was established in 1951 with the objective to regulate and promote the profession of Management Accounting in Pakistan. By virtue of the authority vested in by the Act and Regulations, the Institute has been entrusted with the responsibility to provide education, examine competencies and confer internationally recognized post-graduate professional certification. After qualifying and fulfilling prescribed requirement of membership, the Institute awards following designations:
The students on qualifying examinations and meeting membership requirement are awarded membership of the Institute which is a professional and legal status to join the fraternity of Institute’s members. The membership is a life-longassociation which tends to continue by paying prescribed annual subscription fee. Currently, the Institute has over 5,000 members in Pakistan and abroad. Out of total members, about 20% of members are serving abroad which shows the contribution of the Institute towards global economic development.
The Management Accountant is an official journal of the Institute which benefits both members and students in particular and its readers in general to update their knowledge about International Accounting Standards, new management concepts, changing business scenarios and spectacular developments taking place in Information Technology.
To keep members and students in particular and other professionals in general, the Institute as part of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) regularly organizes nationwide trainings, seminars, workshops and conferences. The CPD activity helps in the capacity building and is essential for a professional to remain updated with the changes taking place in the profession.
The deliberations made and insightfulness shared in these CPD programs become a source of immense learning for members and students. At an average, in a year, more than 2,000 CPD hours are nationwide conducted at the Institute.
The Institute has a proper quality Control system in place that encompasses policies, procedures and periodic reviews of the work of CMA Firms engaged in public practice. The objective is to ensure that practicing members and firms are engaged in audit and other practices are in line with the relevant rules, regulations and professional standards. The well-defined Quality Assurance Review Framework helps firms in maintaining set benchmarks and to keep them updated with the changes taking place in the profession to provide state-of-the-art services to the clients. Through Quality Assurance, practicing firms are not only meeting customers’ expectations but also complying global standards followed by practicing firms all over the world.
The Institute is continuously updating its members and industry through a regular Technical Updates in the following areas:
A member desirous to do practice, after fulfilling the requirement, receives Certificate of Practice (COP). The certificate is a license for members to do public practice and management consulting functions. Under the license, a member may act as liquidator, trustee, executor, administrator, arbitrator, receiver, adviser or as representative for costing, financial, company law and taxation matters or may take up an appointment that may be made by Federal Government or Provincial Government or a Court of Law or any other authority established under law, or may act as the secretary of a company in the professional capacity.
The Corporate Relations function of the Institute assists students in their career development. It creates training and internship opportunities for students and helps in bringing awareness about the role of profession of management accounting in the industry. Keeping in view that corporate sector is ultimate beneficiary of Management Accountants; the Corporate Relations function invites dignitaries from the corporate sector and takes various steps to strengthen relationship with the corporate sector.
Mohammad Iqbal Ghori
President (2016-17)
Anis-ur Rehman
Vice-President
Khawaja Ehrar Ul Hassan
Honorary Secretary
Saghir Ul Hassan Khan
Honorary Treasurer
Kashif Mateen Ansari
Member (President 2015-16)
Raheel Asghar Ginai
Member
Zia-ul Mustafa Awan
Waqar Ali Khan
Sumaira K. Aslam
Dr. Talat Imtiaz/ Mr. Irshad Ahmad Kaleemi
Mr. Saeed Ahmed/ Mr. Jameel Ahmad
Tahir Mahmood
Zia Ul Mustafa Awan
President
Ghulam Mustafa
Abdul Wasey Khan
Shahzad Ahmad Awan
Muhammad Ashraf Bawany
Sajjad Ahmad
Jawed Mansha
Abdul Khalil
Tassaduq Hussain
Muhammad Abdul Basir
Muhammad Haroon Rasheed
Hasan A. Bilgrami
Mohammad Hanif
Zia-ul-Mustafa Awan
Ayub Khan Tarin
S. Tariq Asaf Hussain
Mansur-ur-Rehman Khan
Masud Muzaffar
Muhammad Rafi
Mirza Munawar Hussain
Sher Afgan Malik
Mutee-ur-Rehman Mirza
Mohammad Arif Nara
Muhammad Azam Khan Shad
Muhammad Ashraf
Nazir Ahmed Shaheen
Jameel Ahmed
Muhammad Abdullah Yusuf
Arif Mansur
Rashid I. Malik
M. H. Asif
Razi-ur-Rahman Khan*
* Rashid I. Malik replaced Razi-ur-Rahman Khan, as Government nominee, in 2006.
Qaiser P. Mufti
Acting Honorary Secretary & Treasurer
Mahmood Ahmad Lodhi
Prof. Dr. Khawaja Amjad Saeed
Badruddin Fakhri
Riyaz H. Bokhari
Mian Mumtaz Abdullah
Sajid Hasan
Mohammad Ashraf Bawany
Secretary
Treasurer
Mutee-ur Rahman Mirza
Abdus Sattar
Razzaq Y. Thaplawala
S. M. Zafarullah
Javed Iqbal
M. Mumtaz Abdullah
Qaisar P. Mufti
M. A. Lodhi
Mohammad Hafeezuddin Asif
Sadiq Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan
Mohammad Iqbal
Dr. Prof. Khawaja Amjad Saeed.
Jamal Abbas Zaidi
Secretary/Treasurer
Ainuddin Siddiqui
Qaisar Hussain
Saeed Akhtar Saiyid
Nuruddin K. Damani
Dr. Prof. Khawaja Amjad Saeed
Hafeezullah Malik
Rais Ahmad Siddiqui
H. U. Butt
Mahmood Ashraf
A. G. Khan
Ghulam Dastgir Khan
Anis A. K. Lodhi
Anwaruddin Sabri
Khurshid Ahmad
Honorary Secretary & Treasurer
Anis Ahmad
Musarrat Husain
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Muhammed Yakub
M. Shoaib
S. H. Tehsin
Iqbal Ahmad
Mohammad Yakub
Honorary General Secretary
Mr Ruhul Quddus
Faiz Rasul
A. R. Khan
Abdul Khaleque
Masihur Rehman
Mohammad Shoaib
A. M. Ansari
Mr Iqbal Ahmad
F. M. Khan
Mushtaq Ahmad
N. M. Postwala
Mumtaz Mirza
M. Ahsan
M. Ashraf
R. M. Billimoria
Ausaf Hussain Agha
I. A. Burney
Walter W. Fee
Nasir uddin
A. D. Azhar
A. R. Siddiqui
Riaz H. Bokhari
Ali Husain
V. H. Mumford
Sohrab G. Mama
Mohammad Shoaib,
Honorary Joint Secretary
Rahim Jan
M. H. Khan