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]

Government of Azad Kashmir
Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of government Muzaffarabad
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerVacant
Members53
Executive
GovernorSultan Mehmood Chaudhry (President)
Prime MinisterChaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq
Chief SecretaryMuhammad Usman Chachar[1]
Chief MinisterChaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq (Prime Minister)
Judiciary
High CourtHigh Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief justice of High CourtSadaqat Hussain Raja[2]
Supreme CourtSupreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Chief justice of Supreme CourtRaja Saeed Akram Khan[3]
Websitewww.ajk.gov.pk

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

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

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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