The district is bordered by Muzaffarabad District to the north , by Punjab in the east . It also borders the divided district of Poonch , to the south is the Poonch District of Azad Kashmir and to the east is the Poonch District of India 's Jammu and Kashmir state . The district is bounded by Muzaffarabad District to the north , Poonch district to the south , and Poonch District of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the east ; it is bounded by the Punjab , Rawalpindi District and Abbottabad District of Pakistan 's North-West Frontier Province to the west .