The Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference was founded by former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Mohammad Shah after his split with the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference.

[2] It is currently headed by his wife Khalida Begum,[3] with his son as[4] vice president.

[6] Candidates from the group ran in District Development Council elections.

The party was founded in the year 1984, as "National Conference (Khalida)".

It is a break-away faction of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), which allied itself with Indian National Congress to form a government under the leadership of Ghulam Mohammad Shah as the chief minister.