Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Company type	Government-owned
Industry	Banking Capital markets
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Headquarters	Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Key people	Mr. Shahid Shahzad Mir [1] President & CEO
Products	Bank Loans, credit cards, savings accounts, consumer banking etc.
Total assets	Rs. 28.4 billion (US$98 million)[2] Q3 FY22
Website	bankajk.com

Bank of Azad Jammu & Kashmir is the state-owned bank of Government of Azad Kashmir which is based in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir.^[3][4] It was founded in 2005.^[4][5]

BAJK is a fast growing commercial bank operating across the state of Azad Jammu & Kashmir with a network of 84 branches.^[6] The Bank is a wholly owned corporate entity of the Govt. of Azad Jammu & Kashmir mandated to mobilize private savings and public funds for diverting them to productive channels; promote industrial, agriculture, rural micro financing and other socio economic activities through active participation of private and public sectors and help under-developed areas, create employment opportunities and to assist overseas Kashmiris to effectively and profitably invest their savings in the State. The bank has a number of liability and assets products customised to fulfils the banking needs of people. The Bank believes that equal access to resources in the economy is smart economics and a powerful means of poverty reduction and a path to faster socio economic development. That is why the Bank has launched an innovative scheme of microfinance for those who have limited or no access to financial resources.^[7]

The total assets value of the bank reached the highest level Rs. 28.4 billion (US$98 million) in the first six months of the 2022 calendar year, hence setting a record in the institutions 15-year history.^[2]

• Economy of Azad Kashmir