Government of Azad Kashmir

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.[2]

Government of Azad Kashmir

Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of Government	Muzaffarabad
Legislature
Assembly	Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Shah Ghulam Qadir
Members in Assembly	49
Executive
Governor	Masood Khan (President)
Chief Minister	Farooq Haider Khan (Prime Minister)
Chief Secretary	Mr.Mathar Niaz Rana[1]
Judiciary
Chief Justice	Raja Saeed Akram Khan

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[3]
• AJ&K Board of Revenue[4]
• Services & General Administration[5]
• Electricity Department[6]
• Food Department[7]
• Forest Department[8]
• Finance Department[9]
• Tourism Department[10]
• Industries & Commerce Department[11]
• Information Department[12]
• Information Technology Board[13]
• Law Department[14]
• Local Government[15]
• Police Department[16]
• Planning & Development[17]
• State Disaster Management Authority[18]
• Transport Authority[19]
• Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir[20]
• Health Department[21]
• Agriculture Department[22]
• Education Department[23]

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.[24]

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.[25] 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. [26]

See also

• Government of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Administrative System of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• President of Azad Kashmir
• Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir

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;

References

1. https://cs.ajk.gov.pk/
2. "Home". Government of Azad Kashmir. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
4. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
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. "AJK-Finance Department". www.financeajk.gok.pk.
10. http://www.ajktourism.gov.pk/en/
11. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
12. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
13. "Information Technology Board". www.itb.ajk.gov.pk.
14. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
15. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
16. thttp://ajk.gov.pk/dptPolice.php
17. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
18. "State Disaster Management Authority". sdmagok.pk.
19. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
20. "Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir". bankajk.com.
21. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
22. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
23. "AJ&K Portal". ajk.gov.pk.
24. "Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". www.ajkassembly.gok.pk.
25. "Introduction". ajksupremecourt.gok.pk.
26. "ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH COURT". www.ajkhighcourt.gok.pk.

External links

• Azad Jammu & Kashmir Government