Government of Azad Kashmir
The Government of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: حکومت آزاد کشمیر) is the state government which administers one of the territories of Pakistani-administered Kashmir territories of Azad Kashmir. The Azad Kashmir government consists of a president as head of state and a prime minister as chief executive, with the support of a council of ministers. The state assembly is the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly.[4]
Executive
The chief executive of the government is the prime minister, who is elected by the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly and is supported by a council of ministers.
Departments and services
- Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department[5]
- AJ&K Board of Revenue[6]
- Services & General Administration[7]
- Election Commission
- Electricity Department[8]
- Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department
- Food Department[9]
- Forest Department[10]
- Finance Department[11]
- Tourism Department[12]
- Industries, Commerce and Labour Department[13]
- Information and Broadcasting Department [14]
- Information Technology Board[15]
- Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department[16]
- Local Government and Rural Development Department[17]
- Police Department[18]
- Planning & Development[19]
- State Disaster Management Authority[20]
- Transport Authority[21]
- Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir[22]
- Health Department[23]
- Agriculture Department[24]
- Elementary School and Secondary Education Department[25]
- Ehtesab Bureau
- Power Development Organization
- Higher Education Department
- AJ&K Public Service Commission
- Small Industries Department
- Public Procurement Regulatory Authority AJK
- Board of Investment AJK
- Home and Prisons Department
- Communication and Works Department[26]
- Mirpur Development Authority
- Development Authority Muzzafarabad
- Environmental Protection Agency AJK
- AJK Emergency Services (Rescue 1122)
- State Disaster Management Authority AJK
- Directorate of Civil Defence AJK
- Accountant General Office AJK
- Inland Revenue Services AJK
- Mineral Resources Department AJK
- Department of Social Welfare AJK
- Human Rights Department AJK
- Zakat and Ushr Deparment
- AJK Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA)
- AJK Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mirpur
- Archeology Department[27]
- Directorate General Irrigation & Small Dams
- Livestock and Dairy Development Department[28]
- Attorney General Office AJK
Cabinet
Name | Portfolio | Party | From | Constituency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq | Prime Minister | PTI | April 2023 | LA-7 Bhimber-III |
Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore | PPP | April 2023 | LA-17 Bagh-IV | |
Waqar Ahmed Noor | Finance | PML(N) | April 2023 | LA-5 Bhimber-I |
Sardar Muhammad Hussain Khan | PTI | June 2023 | LA-23 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VI | |
Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone | PPP | June 2023 | LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I | |
Sardar Mir Akbar Khan | PTI | June 2023 | LA-16 Bagh-III | |
Dewan Ali Khan Chughtai | PTI | June 2023 | LA-33 Muzaffarabad-VII | |
Mian Abdul Waheed | PPP | June 2023 | LA-26 Neelum-II | |
Chaudhry Arshad Hussain | PTI | June 2023 | LA-4 Mirpur-IV | |
Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri | PML(N) | June 2023 | LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V | |
Chaudhry Muhammad Rasheed | PTI | June 2023 | LA-30 Muzaffarabad-IV | |
Abdul Majid Khan | PTI | June 2023 | LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI | |
Raja Muhammad Siddique | PML(N) | June 2023 | LA-39 Jammu and Others-VI | |
Chaudhary Mohammad Akbar Ibrahim | PTI | June 2023 | LA-38 Jammu and Others-V | |
Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Budhanvi | PPP | June 2023 | LA-9 Kotli-II | |
Syed Bazal Ali Naqvi | PPP | June 2023 | LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II | |
Sardar Muhammad Javed | PPP | June 2023 | LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I | |
Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan | PML(N) | June 2023 | LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II | |
Azhar Sadiq | PTI | June 2023 | LA-1 Mirpur-I | |
Nisar Ansar | PTI | June 2023 | LA-13 Kotli-VI | |
Chaudhry Muhammad Ikhlaq | PTI | June 2023 | LA-11 Kotli-IV | |
Muhammad Akmal Sargala | PTI | June 2023 | LA-37 Jammu and Others-IV | |
Zaffar Iqbal Malik | PTI | June 2023 | LA-8 Kotli-I | |
Sardar Faheem Akhtar | PTI | June 2023 | LA-24 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VII | |
Yasir Sultan Chaudhry | PTI | June 2023 | LA-3 Mirpur-III | |
Javed Butt | PTI | June 2023 | LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV | |
Muhammad Asim Shareef | PTI | June 2023 | LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III | |
Amir Yaseen Chaudhry | PPP | June 2023 | LA-12 Kotli-V | |
Chaudhry Qasim Majeed | PPP | June 2023 | LA-2 Mirpur-II | |
Sardar Ziaul Qamar | PPP | June 2023 | LA-15 Bagh-II |
Legislature
The Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, also known as the AJK Legislative Assembly, is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives. The assembly consists of 41 elected members and eight co-opted members of whom five are women, one is from the Ulama community, one is from Jammu and Kashmir technocrats and other professionals, and one is from Jammu and Kashmir nationals residing abroad.[29]
Judiciary
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is the highest court of appeals in Azad Kashmir. It consists of a chief justice and two other judges.[30] The number of judges in the supreme Court has been fixed at three by the Azad Kashmir Interim Constitution Act of 1974.
High Court
The high court of Azad Kashmir, which serves as the court of appeals, has three circuit benches based in Kotli, Mirpur and Rawalakot. [31]
See also
- Government of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Administrative System of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
- President of Azad Kashmir
- Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council
Chief Election Commissioner for conducting general elections in AJK;
Service Tribunal for adjudicating service issues of civil servants;
Zakat Council for collecting, distributing the zakat system in AJK;
Supreme Judicial Council of AJK;
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