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Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

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Jurisdiction
  
Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Headquarters
  
Muzaffarabad

Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Legislature executives
  
Speaker, Shah Ghulam Qadir Prime Minister (Majority Leader), Farooq Haider Khan (Pakistan Muslim League (N))

Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly also known as AJK Legislative Assembly is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistan administered state of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Members are elected through universal suffrage by the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-based refugees from Kashmir valley, Jammu and others areas.

The assembly consists of 41 elected Members and 8 co-opted members of which 5 are woman, one member from Ulama community, while one is from amongst Jammu & Kashmir technocrats and other professionals, whereas one is from amongst Jammu and Kashmir nationals residing abroad.

The assembly elects the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu And Kashmir.

References

Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly Wikipedia