Government of Azad Kashmir explained

Name Of Province:Azad Kashmir
Seat Of Government:Muzaffarabad
Name Of President:Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry (President)
Name Of Chief Minister:Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq (Prime Minister)
Legislative Assembly:Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Speaker:Vacant
Member In Assembly:53
Name Of Chief Secretary:Muhammad Usman Chachar[1]
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]
Name Of Prime Minister:Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq

The Government of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: {{Nastaliq| 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]

Executive

See main article: 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

Cabinet

!Name!Portfolio!Party!From!Constituency
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-HaqPrime MinisterPTIApril 2023LA-7 Bhimber-III
Col(R) Waqar Ahmed NoorMinistry of Services and General Administration(S&GA).Ministry of Home Affairs PML(N)April 2023LA-5 Bhimber-I
Sardar Muhammad Hussain KhanMinistry of Population welfare, Irrigation, and Small DamesPTIJune 2023LA-23 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VI
Aamir Abdul Ghaffar LoneMinistry of EnvironmentPPPJune 2023LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I
Sardar Mir Akbar KhanMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Dairy DevelopmentPTIJune 2023LA-16 Bagh-III
Dewan Ali Khan ChughtaiMinistry of Elementary & Secondary EducationPTIJune 2023LA-33 Muzaffarabad-VII
Mian Abdul WaheedMinistry of Law, Justice, Human Rights & Parliamentary AffairsPPPJune 2023LA-26 Neelum-II
Chaudhry Arshad HussainMinistry of Electricity and PowerPTIJune 2023LA-4 Mirpur-IV
Muhammad Ahmad Raza QadriMinistry of Religious Affairs,Minority, Auqaf, Zakat and UshrPML(N)June 2023LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V
Chaudhry Muhammad RasheedChairman Power Development Organization (PDO)PTIJune 2023LA-30 Muzaffarabad-IV
Abdul Majid KhanMinistry of Finance and Cooperative SocietiesPTIJune 2023LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI
Raja Muhammad SiddiqueMinistry of Industry, Commerce and Labor Welfare, Weight & Measurement, Sericulture, and Printing PressPML(N)June 2023LA-39 Jammu and Others-VI
Chaudhary Mohammad Akbar IbrahimMinistry of FoodPTIJune 2023LA-38 Jammu and Others-V
Chaudhry Javed Iqbal BudhanviMinistry of RehabilitationPPPJune 2023LA-9 Kotli-II
Syed Bazal Ali NaqviMinistry of Social welfare & Women developmentPPPJune 2023LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II
Sardar Muhammad JavedMinistry of Wildlife, FisheriesPPPJune 2023LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I
Sardar Aamir Altaf KhanChairman AJK Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA)PML(N)June 2023LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II
Azhar SadiqMinistry of Works & CommunicationPTIJune 2023LA-1 Mirpur-I
Nisar AnsarMinistry of HealthPTIJune 2023LA-13 Kotli-VI
Chaudhry Muhammad IkhlaqMinistry of Revenue, Stamps, CustodianPTIJune 2023LA-11 Kotli-IV
Muhammad Akmal SargalaMinistry of ForestPTIJune 2023LA-37 Jammu and Others-IV
Zaffar Iqbal MalikMinistry of Higher EducationPTIJune 2023LA-8 Kotli-I
Sardar Faheem AkhtarMinistry of Tourism,Archeology & Mineral ResourcesPTIJune 2023LA-24 Poonch & Sudhnoti-VII
Yasir Sultan ChaudhryMinistry of Physical Planning & HousingPTIJune 2023LA-3 Mirpur-III
Javed ButtMinistry of TransportPTIJune 2023LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV
Muhammad Asim ShareefMinistry of Sports,Youth & CulturePTIJune 2023LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III
Amir Yaseen ChaudhryMinistry of Emergency Services, State Disaster Management Authority, Civil Defence, Rescue 1122PPPJune 2023LA-12 Kotli-V
Chaudhry Qasim MajeedChairman Mangla Dam Housing Authority and Mangla Dam AffairsPPPJune 2023LA-2 Mirpur-II
Sardar Ziaul QamarMinistry of Information TechnologyPPPJune 2023LA-15 Bagh-II
Sardar Amjad JalilChairman Board of Investment, AJKPPPJune 2023

Legislature

See 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

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;

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Usman Chachar Named New AJK Chief Secretary.
  2. News: AJK High Court judges sworn in. 9 January 2022. 21 January 2022. Dawn (newspaper).
  3. News: AJK govt told to hold LB polls by August next year. 22 December 2021. 21 January 2022. Dawn (newspaper).
  4. Web site: Home. Government of Azad Kashmir. 11 August 2016.
  5. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk. 2017-05-22. 2018-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180916203811/http://www.ajk.gov.pk/auqaf.php. dead.
  6. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  7. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  8. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  9. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk. 2017-05-22. 2018-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919141617/http://www.ajk.gov.pk/foodDpt.php. dead.
  10. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk. 2017-05-22. 2018-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180916171215/http://www.ajk.gov.pk/forestDpt.php. dead.
  11. Web site: AJK-Finance Department. www.financeajk.gok.pk.
  12. Web site: AJK Tourism .
  13. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  14. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  15. Web site: Information Technology Board. www.itb.ajk.gov.pk.
  16. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  17. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  18. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-05-22 . 2017-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170523072502/http://www.ajk.gov.pk/dptPolice.php . dead .
  19. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  20. Web site: State Disaster Management Authority. sdmagok.pk.
  21. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  22. Web site: Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. bankajk.com.
  23. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  24. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  25. Web site: AJ&K Portal. ajk.gov.pk.
  26. Web site: Home - C&W AJK . 2023-09-14 . cwd.ajk.gov.pk.
  27. Web site: AJK-Archeology . 2023-09-14 . en-US.
  28. Web site: Home - Welcome to Livestock AJK . 2023-09-14 . en-US.
  29. Web site: Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly. www.ajkassembly.gok.pk. 2017-05-22. 2014-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116163139/http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/ajkintroduction.htm. dead.
  30. Web site: Introduction. ajksupremecourt.gok.pk.
  31. Web site: ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH COURT. www.ajkhighcourt.gok.pk.

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