Government of Azad Kashmir

Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of government	Muzaffarabad
Legislature
Assembly	Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Vacant
Members	53
Executive
Prime Minister	Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq
Chief Secretary	Muhammad Usman Chachar[1]
Chief Minister	Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq (Prime Minister)
Judiciary
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]
Website	www.ajk.gov.pk

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

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]