Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of an autonomous state in Pakistan}}

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|name = Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

|native_name = {{Nastaliq|آزاد کشمیر ‎‎مجلسِ قانون ساز}}

|legislature = 10th Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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|house_type = Unicameral

|term_limits = 5 years

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|new_session = {{start date and age|df=yes|2021|08|03}}

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|leader1_type = Speaker

|leader1 = Chaudhry Latif Akbar

|party1 =PPP

|election1 = 3 June 2023

|leader2_type = Deputy Speaker

|leader2 = Riaz Gujar

|party2 = SIC

|election2 = 4 August 2021

|leader3_type = Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

|leader3 = Chaudhry Anwarul Haq

|party3 = SIC

|election3 = 20 April 2023

|leader4_type = Leader of the Opposition

|election4 = 11 July 2023

|members = 53

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|structure1 = AJK_Parliament.svg

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|political_groups1 = Government of Azad Kashmir (43)

  • {{Color box|{{party color|Sunni Ittehad Council}}}} SIC (21)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}}} PPP (13)
  • {{Color box|{{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}}} PMLN (8)
  • {{color box| {{party color|All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference}}}} AJKMC (1)

Opposition (10)

  • {{Color box|#193813}} JKPP (1)

|voting_system1 = Mixed member majoritarian:

|last_election1 = 25 July 2021

|next_election1 = TBD

|meeting_place = Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir

|website = {{URL|www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/}}

|logo = AzadKashmirSeal.png

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| constitution = Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

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The Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, also known as AJK Legislative Assembly is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the autonomous state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which is located in Muzaffarabad. It was established under the Interim Constitution of AJK having a total of 53 seats, with 45 general seats, while 8 are reserved of which 5 are for women, 1 for Ulama, 1 for Technocrats and 1 for J&K nationals residing abroad.{{Cite web |title=Azad Jammu And Kashmir – An Introduction! |url=http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/ajkintroduction.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116163139/http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/ajkintroduction.htm |archive-date=2014-01-16 |access-date=2014-08-24}}

Members of Legislative Assembly

The members of legislative Assembly are elected for a five-year term on the basis of adult franchise and one person, one vote.

List of Assemblies of Azad Kashmir

Speakers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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!No.

!Names

!Start of term

!End of term

1

|Sheikh Manzar Masood

|7 January 1971

|30 June 1975

2

|Mohammad Mansha Khan

|30 June 1975

|11 August 1977

3

|Mohammad Ayub Khan

|15 June 1985

|29 June 1990

4

|Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar

|29 June 1990

|29 July 1991

5

|Abdul Rashid Abbasi

|29 July 1991

|30 July 1996

6

|Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore

|30 July 1996

|22 June 1998

7

|Chaudhry Abdul Majid

|22 June 1998

|24 July 2001

8

|Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan

|24 July 2001

|24 July 2006

9

|Shah Ghulam Qadir

|24 July 2006

|12 August 2010

10

|Chaudhry Anwarul Haq

|16 August 2010

|25 July 2011

11

|Sardar Ghulam Sadiq

|25 July 2011

|30 July 2016

12

|Shah Ghulam Qadir

|30 July 2016

|3 August 2021

13

|Chaudhry Anwarul Haq

|3 August 2021

|20 April 2023

14

|Chaudhry Latif Akbar

|3 June 2023

|Incumbent

See also

References

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