Government of Azad Kashmir

The Government of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: حکومتِ 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]

Government of Azad Kashmir

Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of government	Muzaffarabad
Legislature
Assembly	Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Vacant
Members	53
Executive
Prime Minister	Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq
Chief Secretary	Muhammad Usman Chachar[1]
Chief Minister	Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq (Prime Minister)
Judiciary
High Court	High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief justice of High Court	Sadaqat Hussain Raja[2]
Supreme Court	Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief justice of Supreme Court	Raja Saeed Akram Khan[3]
Website	www.ajk.gov.pk

Executive

Main articles: President of Azad Kashmir and Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir

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 (State Accountability Bureau)
• Power Development Organization
• Higher Education Department
• AJ&K Public Service Commission
• Small Industries Department
• Public Procurement Regulatory Authority AJK
• Board of Investment (BoI) AJK
• Home and Prisons Department
• Communication and Works Department^[26]
• Mirpur Development Authority(MDA)
• Development Authority Muzzafarabad (DAM)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) AJK
• AJK Emergency Services (Rescue 1122)
• Directorate of Civil Defence AJK
• Accountant General Office AJK
• Inland Revenue Services AJK
• Mineral Resources Department AJK
• Social Welfare and Women Development Department AJK
• Human Rights Department AJK
• Zakat and Ushr Department
• 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
• Custodian Evacuee Property Department
• Mangla Dam Housing Authority
• AJK Cooperative Societies Department
• Sports, Youth, and Culture Department

Cabinet

Name	Portfolio	Party	From	Constituency
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq	Prime Minister	SIC	April 2023	LA-7 Bhimber-III
Col(R) Waqar Ahmed Noor	Ministry of Services and General Administration (S&GA). Ministry of Home Affairs	PMLN	April 2023	LA-5 Bhimber-I
Sardar Muhammad Hussain Khan	Ministry of Population welfare, Irrigation, and Small Dames	SIC	June 2023	LA-23 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VI
Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone	Ministry of Environment	PPP	June 2023	LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I
Sardar Mir Akbar Khan	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Dairy Development	SIC	June 2023	LA-16 Bagh-III
Dewan Ali Khan Chughtai	Ministry of Elementary & Secondary Education	SIC	June 2023	LA-33 Muzaffarabad-VII
Mian Abdul Waheed	Ministry of Law , Justice, Human Rights & Parliamentary Affairs	PPP	June 2023	LA-26 Neelum-II
Chaudhry Arshad Hussain	Ministry of Electricity and Power	SIC	June 2023	LA-4 Mirpur-IV
Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri	Ministry of Religious Affairs,Minority, Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr	PMLN	June 2023	LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V
Chaudhry Muhammad Rasheed	Chairman Power Development Organization (PDO)	SIC	June 2023	LA-30 Muzaffarabad-IV
Abdul Majid Khan	Ministry of Finance and Cooperative Societies	SIC	June 2023	LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI
Raja Muhammad Siddique	Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labor Welfare, Weight & Measurement , Sericulture, and Printing Press	PMLN	June 2023	LA-39 Jammu and Others-VI
Chaudhary Mohammad Akbar Ibrahim	Ministry of Food	SIC	June 2023	LA-38 Jammu and Others-V
Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Budhanvi	Ministry of Rehabilitation	PPP	June 2023	LA-9 Kotli-II
Syed Bazal Ali Naqvi	Ministry of Social welfare & Women development	PPP	June 2023	LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II
Sardar Muhammad Javed	Ministry of Wildlife, Fisheries	PPP	June 2023	LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I
Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan	Chairman AJK Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA)	PMLN	June 2023	LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II
Azhar Sadiq	Ministry of Works & Communication	SIC	June 2023	LA-1 Mirpur-I
Nisar Ansar	Ministry of Health	SIC	June 2023	LA-13 Kotli-VI
Chaudhry Muhammad Ikhlaq	Ministry of Revenue, Stamps, Custodian	SIC	June 2023	LA-11 Kotli-IV
Muhammad Akmal Sargala	Ministry of Forest	SIC	June 2023	LA-37 Jammu and Others-IV
Zaffar Iqbal Malik	Ministry of Higher Education	SIC	June 2023	LA-8 Kotli-I
Sardar Faheem Akhtar	Ministry of Tourism,Archeology & Mineral Resources	SIC	June 2023	LA-24 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VII
Yasir Sultan Chaudhry	Ministry of Physical Planning & Housing	SIC	June 2023	LA-3 Mirpur-III
Javed Butt	Ministry of Transport	SIC	June 2023	LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV
Muhammad Asim Shareef	Ministry of Sports ,Youth & Culture	SIC	June 2023	LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III
Amir Yaseen Chaudhry	Ministry of Emergency Services, State Disaster Management Authority, Civil Defence, Rescue 1122	PPP	June 2023	LA-12 Kotli-V
Chaudhry Qasim Majeed	Chairman Mangla Dam Housing Authority and Mangla Dam Affairs	PPP	June 2023	LA-2 Mirpur-II
Sardar Ziaul Qamar	Ministry of Information Technology	PPP	June 2023	LA-15 Bagh-II
Sardar Amjad Jalil	Chairman Board of Investment, AJK	PPP	June 2023

Legislature

Main article: Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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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External links

• Azad Jammu & Kashmir Government