# Government of Azad 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.

## 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
* AJ&K Board of Revenue
* Services & General Administration
* Election Commission
* Electricity Department
* Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Department
* Food Department
* Forest Department
* Finance Department
* Tourism Department
* Industries, Commerce and Labour Department
* Information and Broadcasting Department
* Information Technology Board
* Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department
* Local Government and Rural Development Department
* Police Department
* Planning & Development
* State Disaster Management Authority
* Transport Authority
* Bank of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
* Health Department
* Agriculture Department
* Elementary School and Secondary Education Department
* 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
* 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
* Directorate General Irrigation & Small Dams
* Livestock and Dairy Development Department
* 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.

## 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. 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.