State government in Pakistani-administered 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]
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 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
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;
References
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