Eight AJK ministers allocated portfolios

Eight AJK ministers allocated portfolios.

Key points

• Tariq Naqash Published September 6, 2026 Updated September 6, 2026 07: 56am.
• According to a administration notification, the assignments were produced under Rule 3(4) of the Rules of Business (Revised), 1985.
• Among the newly assigned ministers, Sardar Mir Akbar was given Physical Planning and Housing, along with the Bagh Development Authority.
• Chaudhry Azhar Sadiq was given Higher Education, and Sardar Umair Naeem was assigned Elementary and Secondary education.
• After the portfolio distribution, Mr Gillani chaired a high-level session to review the contours and priorities of the 100-day programme.

Tariq Naqash Published September 6, 2026 Updated September 6, 2026 07: 56am. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Iftikhar Gillani allocated portfolios to his eight-member council of ministers on Saturday, a day after the relatively small cabinet was sworn into office.

According to a administration notification, the assignments were produced under Rule 3(4) of the Rules of Business (Revised), 1985. Mr Gillani retained a number of key portfolios, apparently pending elections for seven seats in the Poonch and Sudhnoti districts and a feasible expansion of the cabinet.

Meanwhile, the retained departments include Local Administration and Rural Development, Communications and Works, Finance and Inland Revenue, Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Information and Information Technology, and Planning and Development. PM Gillani retains finance, planning, communications, local govt, information, IT.

Among the newly assigned ministers, Sardar Mir Akbar was given Physical Planning and Housing, along with the Bagh Development Authority. While Dr Mustafa Bashir Abbasi was assigned health, waqar Ahmed Noor will oversee Forests, Wildlife and Fisheries.

Raja Saqib Majeed will handle Energy and Water resources, Raja Muhammad Riasat was given Revenue and Reha­bilitation, and Chaudhry Abdul Rehman Arain was entrusted with Tourism, Industry, Labour and Mineral Resources.

After the portfolio distribution, Mr Gillani chaired a high-level session to review the contours and priorities of the 100-day programme. It office-holders noted focuses on health, education, youth opportunities, public facilities and infrastructure.

Mr Gillani remarked the PML-N administration would pursue its good governance agenda in line with the vision of party president Nawaz Sharif, making all-out efforts to provide basic facilities to individuals at their doorsteps. Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2026.

Tariq Naqash is a Muzaffarabad-based senior staff correspondent for Dawn with almost three decades of experience in reporting, analysis, and feature writing. His work focuses on politics, conflict, and governance. He can be discovered on X at @tariqnaqash.

Taken together, the developments around eight AJK ministers allocated portfolios point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.