Call to hold LG polls in Azad Kashmir on regular basis

27^th Sep 2022 | Iftikhar A. Khan
Educationist Kousar Hussain Shah said that local government bodies are kept inactive under various pretexts. If there were strong local government bodies, more effective and efficient leadership would have come forward.

ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the move to hold local government (LG) elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after 31 years, leaders of various political parties and prominent social activists expressed the hope that the electoral exercise at the grass-root level would positively change the social, political and economic structure of Azad Kashmir. They unanimously agreed that elections should be held in AJK without delay and on a regular basis.

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‘LB elections to change AJK’s political, economic structure’

27^th Sep 2022 | Syed Abbas Gardezi
MUZAFFARABAD/BAGH: The leaders of different political parties and prominent social activists on Monday, appreciating the holding of local bodies elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after 31 years, said the elections would change the social, political and economic structure of the region.

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Report: The Local Government System in Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Dr. Waqas Ali
This report is an insightful evaluation of the significance, development and challenges to the Local Government system in AJ&K. Tracing a brief history of the Local Bodies functioning, it brings to light the process of evolution, development and finally the devolution of the Local Bodies in AJ&K. It also highlights the consequences of the absence of these democratic structures in AJ&K since 1996 primarily in terms of the weakening of democratic institutions, growing frustration and the vulnerability of the youth to radicalization.

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Azad Jammu Kashmir Constitutional amendment ushers in new era of progress and development

Mirpur | By Altaf Hamid Rao
After the 13th amendment in the Interim Constitution Act 1974 of Azad Jammu Kashmir, a record amount of sixteen billion rupees were collected in the fiscal year 2018-2019 by the Inland Revenue Department of Azad Jammu Kashmir.

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