Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir,is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region,which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. Azad Kashmir also shares borders with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the south and west,respectively. On its eastern side,Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the Line of Control (LoC),which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. Geographically,it covers a total area of 13,297 km2 (5,134 sq mi) and has a total population of 4,045,366 as per the 2017 national census.
Poonch District is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 10 districts of this Pakistan-administered territory. It is bounded on the north by Bagh District,on the north-east by Haveli District,on the south-east by the Poonch District of Indian-administered Kashmir,on the south by Azad Kashmir's Sudhanoti and Kotli districts,and on the west by Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province. The Poonch District is part of the greater Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. The district headquarters is the city of Rawalakot. It is the third most populous district of Azad Kashmir.
Rawalakot is the capital of Poonch district in Azad Kashmir,Pakistan. It is located in the Pir Panjal Range.
Pallandri,also spelled Palandri,originally Pulandari,is a Tehsil which serves as the administrative capital of Sudhanoti district of Azad Kashmir. It is located at latitude 33°42′54″N,longitude 73°41′9″E,90 km (56 mi) from Islamabad,the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with Rawalpindi and Islamabad through Azad Pattan road. The main tribe of Pallandri is the Sudhan tribe. Here in Palindri the first Government of Sidhnuti Azad Kashmir on October 4,1947 was established
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was a Kashmiri revolutionary leader and politician,who led the 1947 Poonch Rebellion against absolute rule of the Maharaja in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and played a key role in the First Kashmir War,supporting Pakistan. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir for 13 years across four non-consecutive terms and still remains the longest-serving president of the state,since its establishment.
Sitara-e-Jurat is the third highest military award of Pakistan. It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a republic;however,it was instituted retrospectively back to 1947. It is awarded for gallantry or distinguished service in combat;and can be bestowed upon officers,junior commissioned officers,petty officers,warrant officers,soldiers,sailors,airmen,and equivalents in the Pakistan Army,Navy,Air Force,and various paramilitary forces under federal control,such as the Frontier Corps,the Frontier Constabulary,and the Pakistan Rangers. It may be considered to be roughly equivalent to the Military Cross and the Silver Star.
Sardar Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan was a Pakistani politician. He was the Speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 24 July 2001 through 24 July 2006,and visited different countries lobbying for the Kashmir issue.
Masood Khan is a Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat who is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir. Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 2003 to March 2005,he served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva,Switzerland,from 2005 to 2008,Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations,New York,between October 11,2012 and February 7,2015.
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was an Azad Kashmiri politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir for two non-consecutives terms. He also served as the President of Azad Kashmir twice. He was the longest-serving prime minister of Azad Kashmir,having served a total of more than 10 years across two tenures.
Colonel Khan Muhammad Khan was a prominent Sudhan soldier and politician in Poonch,serving in the Legislative Assembly of the princely state of Jammu &Kashmir until 1947. Later he served as the Chairman of the War Council during the 1947 Poonch Rebellion.
Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan was a Kashmiri politician. He was a member of AJK legislative assembly and the President of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party.
Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan is an Azad Kashmiri politician and former Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He is a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was a leading politician of Jammu and Kashmir and the President of the Muslim Conference party. After his migration to Pakistan administered Kashmir in 1947,he became the head of the Azad Kashmir (AJK) government.
Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan is an Azad Kashmiri businessman and politician. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir from 25 August 2011 to 25 August 2016. He also served as the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir from 7 January 2009 to 22 October 2009. Beside politics,Khan is also serving as the Chairman of YK Group of Companies.
The 1955 Poonch revolt,also known as the 1955 Sudhan uprising was a Civil revolt in Azad Jammu and Kashmir against the State of Pakistan. The uprising broke out in February 1955 and was provoked largely by the dismissal of Sardar Ibrahim Khan. It took a year until the uprising was suppressed in October 1956.
The High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is an appellate court in Muzaffarabad,Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It hears appeals from the District Courts of Azad Kashmir. The court has three circuit benches based in Kotli,Mirpur,and Rawalakot.
LA-21 Poonch &Sudhnoti-IV is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Hassan Ibrahim Khan of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JKPP). It covers half of the area of Rawalakot Tehsil in Poonch District.
The Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir provides for an apparently transitory autonomous parliamentary framework of self-governance and power sharing for the region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,defined by the act as the "territories of the State of Jammu and Kashmir which have been liberated by the people of that State and for the time being under the administration of Government and such other territories as may hereafter come under its administration",however it does not pertain to areas such as Gilgit,Hunza and Baltistan. The act succeeded and re-enacted the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government Act,1970 with modifications. It was promulgated under the Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The constitution has been amended 14 times. It is based on the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.
Sardar Muahmmad Tanveer Ilyas Khan is a Pakistani businessman-turned-politician who was the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from April 2022 to April 2023,and was the president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Azad Kashmir from September 2021 to April 2023.
LA-20 Poonch &Sudhnoti-III is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). It covers half of the area of Rawalakot Tehsil in Poonch District.
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