Azad Kashmir Travel Guide

The Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir (اسلامی جمھوریۃ آزاد کشمیر), usually shortened to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) or, simply, Azad Kashmir (literally free Kashmir), is the southernmost political entity of the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It borders the present-day Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir to the east, the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) to the north, and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan to the west. It covers an area of 13,297 km² (5,134 mi²), with its capital at Muzaffarabad, and has an estimated population of about four million. Azad Kashmir is part of the Kashmir dispute. Pakistan regards the entire area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir as territory in dispute to be resolved by a plebiscite to be held throughout the former state in order to determine the area's accession to either India or Pakistan. The government of Pakistan has, so far, declined the idea of a third option for such a plebiscite, i.e., a choice of independence for the former state. India abondoned its pledge of a plebiscite in the 1950 and disregarded UN resolution on Kashmir.
Financial matters, i.e., budget and tax affairs, are dealt with by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, instead of by Pakistan's Central Board of Revenue. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council is a supreme body consisting of 11 members, six from the government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and five from the government of Pakistan. Its chairman/chief executive is the president of Pakistan. Other members of the council are Azad Kashmir's own president and prime minister and a few other AJK ministers. (Note that Azad Jammu and Kashmir has its own president, prime minister, legislative assembly, high court, and official flag.) (...) more....

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