Updates

Newly posted Secretary LG&RDD, Mr. Shahid Ayoub visited Directorate General LG&RDD on October 09, 2024. A detail briefing on departmental affairs was arranged by the Director General LG&RDD, Zahid Mehmood Rajpoot. The briefing was also attended by the officers of Directorate General LG&RDD. During the briefing session, the Secretary LG&RDD directed to follow rules and […]

A meeting of the committee to review the recommendations regarding reforms in in local government municipal institutions, was held under the chairmanship of Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, at Kashmir House, Islamabad. The meeting was attended by Dewan Ali Chughtai, Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education, Irshad Ahmad Qureshi, […]

Reforms in the Local Government and Rural Development and the fair use of funds are top priorities on the government’s agenda. Director General of Local Government and Rural Development, Azad Kashmir, Raja Zahid Mahmood Khan, Chaired the review meeting at Mirpur Division. The meeting was attended by the Divisional Director of Mirpur, the Superintending Engineer […]

Director General of Local Government and Rural Development Azad Kashmir, Raja Zahid Mahmood Khan, visited the Divisional Director Local Government’s office in Poonch Division. The Deputy Director Monitoring from the Directorate General accompanied him. The meeting was attended by the Divisional Director Poonch, the Superintending Engineer of Poonch, Deputy Directors of the districts Bagh, Rawalakot, […]

The 05 days training program specially organized for field staff of LG&RDD completed. The training course was organized by the highly professional staff of Kashmir Institute of Management at Muzaffarabad. Twenty participants form all the districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir participated and completed the training course. The Director General while concluding the training program […]

Draft of AJ&K Drinking Water Policy has been prepared and uploaded on website. Comments from general public, civil society organizations, academia, researchers, sector professionals are invited. The comments may be forwarded to the Director General, LG&RDD, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. The final draft after incorporating the comments shall be submitted to the Government for approval.

A five-day training program was organized at the Kashmir Institute of Management for the field staff (Secretary Union Council) of the Department of Local Government and Rural Development under the Civil Registration Program. In the opening session of the training program, Director General of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Raja Zahid Mahmood, Retired Director […]

During his visit to Muzaffarabad, UNICEF’s Head/Project Manager for WASH, Climate Change, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction, Atsuro Takahashi, met with Director General of Local Government and Rural Development, Raja Zahid Mahmood Khan. In addition to reviewing the progress of projects implemented in collaboration with the Government of Azad Kashmir, proposals for new projects were […]

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, presided over a development review meeting at the Directorate General of Local Government and Rural Development. The meeting was attended by the Director General of Local Government and officers from the Directorate. The Director General briefed the Minister on the progress towards achieving […]