Azad Jammu and Kashmir
geography. Also AJK, Azad Kashmir
The part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir administered by Pakistan, west of the Line of Control, with its capital at Muzaffarabad. Under its Interim Constitution of 1974 it has a parliamentary system with its own President, Prime Minister, Legislative Assembly and courts, while Pakistan handles defence, foreign affairs and currency. Pakistan treats its final status as part of the unresolved Kashmir dispute.12
Linked from 3 pages across CUPA.
Sources
- Freedom in the World 2012: Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom House (via Refworld), 2012. Reference
- Kashmir. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Reference
