Government of Azad Kashmir

Government of Azad Kashmir
	Provincial Government Seal
	Provincial Government Flag
Seat of Government	Muzaffarabad
Legislature
Assembly	Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	Anwar-ul-Haq
Members in Assembly	53
Executive
Governor	Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry (President)
Chief Minister	Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi (Prime Minister)
Chief Secretary	Shakeel Qadir Khan
Judiciary
High Court	High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Justice	Sadaqat Hussain Raja
Supreme Court	Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Justice	Raja Saeed Akram Khan

The Government of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: حکومت آزاد کشمیر) is the state government which administers the Pakistani-controlled territory 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 Department^[5]
AJ&K Board of Revenue^[6]
Services & General Administration^[7]
Electricity Department^[8]
Food Department^[9]
Forest Department^[10]
Finance Department^[11]
Tourism Department^[12]
Industries & Commerce Department^[13]
Information Department^[14]
Information Technology Board^[15]
Law Department^[16]
Local Government^[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]
Education Department^[25]

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.^[26]

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.^[27] 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. ^[28]

References[]

^ "BoI organises workshop on PRMI & EODB in AJK". Business Recorder (newspaper). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "AJK High Court judges sworn in". Dawn (newspaper). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "AJK govt told to hold LB polls by August next year". Dawn (newspaper). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Home". Government of Azad Kashmir. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJK-Finance Department". www.financeajk.gok.pk.
^ http://www.ajktourism.gov.pk/en/
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "Information Technology Board". www.itb.ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ thttp://ajk.gov.pk/dptPolice.php
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "State Disaster Management Authority". sdmagok.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir". bankajk.com.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
^ "Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". www.ajkassembly.gok.pk.
^ "Introduction". ajksupremecourt.gok.pk.
^ "ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH COURT". www.ajkhighcourt.gok.pk.

External links[]

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[1] "BoI organises workshop on PRMI & EODB in AJK". Business Recorder (newspaper). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[2] "AJK High Court judges sworn in". Dawn (newspaper). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[3] "AJK govt told to hold LB polls by August next year". Dawn (newspaper). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[4] "Home". Government of Azad Kashmir. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[5] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[6] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[7] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[8] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[9] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[10] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[11] "AJK-Finance Department". www.financeajk.gok.pk.

[12] ttp://www.ajktourism.gov.pk/en/

[13] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[14] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[15] "Information Technology Board". www.itb.ajk.gov.pk.

[16] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[17] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[18] thttp://ajk.gov.pk/dptPolice.php

[19] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[20] "State Disaster Management Authority". sdmagok.pk.

[21] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[22] "Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir". bankajk.com.

[23] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[24] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[25] "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.

[26] "Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". www.ajkassembly.gok.pk.

[27] "Introduction". ajksupremecourt.gok.pk.

[28] "ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH COURT". www.ajkhighcourt.gok.pk.

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