Iqbalian house (Philadelphia, PA) has been utilized young physicians from Allama Iqbal Medical College since 2005. Young Iqbalians had been able to utilize this housing resource, in absence of available online resources or similar mechanism through APPNA. They would use this as temporary housing while finding clinical observorships, research attachments, giving USMLE exams and during residency interviews. It has catered scores of Iqbalians but there was no mechanism of financial support for young Iqbalians. Seeing the benefits, which Iqbalian house is providing to these Iqbalians, AIMCAANA leadership decided to help it in becoming a better and more organized unit. In 2009, AIMCAANA started paying the rent of Iqbalian house in the form of Qarz-e-Hasana. The motive behind paying the rent is to reduce the financial burden of young Iqbalians so that they can concentrate more on exploring the avenues to get into the residency training, which is their primary motive to come to United States. AIMCAANA leadership has also been providing counseling and mentorship to the interested Iqbalians. Now AIMCAANA’s Qarz-e-Hasana program is replaced by IQBAL loan.
The AIMCAANA Endowment Fund was established by Dr. Babar Cheema in 2009 while serving as AIMCAANA President with an amount of $50,000. The purpose of endowment fund is to: Create ongoing source of income Enhance stability and prestige of our Alumni association Relive pressure on the annual fund raising Allow program expansion and new projects Dr. Raza Khan (AIMCAANA President 2015) had committed $50,000 to be raised/transferred to the endowment fund in 2015. This year, the AIMCAANA EC aims to raise $50,000 more to be added to the endowment fund.
