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2 unusual facts about Mirpur, Azad Kashmir


Dhiren Barot

His co-accused conspirators were: Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, 24; Abdul Aziz Jalil, 31; Omar Abdul Rehman, 20; Junade Feroze, 28; Zia ul Haq, 25; Qaisar Shaffi, 25; and Nadeem Tarmohammed, 26; all Britons of Pakistani origin, most of Mirpuri descent.

Wahida C. Valiante

Wahida Chishti Valiante (née Chishti), the youngest of four children, was born in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, formerly part of Kashmir before the 1947 Partition.


AJK Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mirpur

The Azad Jammu & Kashmir Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Mirpur (AJKBISE) was established in 1973 through an ordinance promulgated by the Azad Government of the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

AJK Tourism and Archeology Department

The main aim of this department is to promote travel and tourism in Azad Kashmir.

Astore District

The district contains the Astore Valley and is bounded to the west by Diamer District (from which is was separated in 2004), to the north by Gilgit District, to the east by Skardu District and to the south by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Neelum District of Azad Kashmir.

Bangladesh University of Professionals

Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) (Bengali: BUP বাংলাদেশ ইউনিভার্সিটি অব প্রফেশনালস) is the 30th public university of Bangladesh established in Mirpur, Dhaka in 2008, to run all educational institutions of the army, navy and air force and facilitate professional degrees for armed forces personnel and civilians through its affiliated institutions.

Chand Bagh School

For the tenth Founder's Day, on 26 February 2012, the chief guest speaker was announced as Chaudhry Abdul Majid, prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

College of Education Afzalpur

The College of Education Afzalpur is the oldest teachers training College in Azad Kashmir.

Dhakeshwari Temple

At that time the temple was covered by jungle and in its north the Urdu road went westward towards Pilkhana and at its south west was Mirpur road.

Dhal qazian bagh azad kashmir

Dhal qazian is a town near Bagh, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Economy of Azad Kashmir

The per capita income and provincial GDP estimates of Azad Kashmir are comparatively underrated when compared with development in other regions of the country although Azad Kashmir notably has a literacy rate that is substantially above the national average.

Fatehpur Thakiala

Fatehpur Thakiala, also known as Nakyal, is one of the three tehsils of the Kotli District in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

G. A. Chandrasiri

General Chandrasiri is a graduate of the Defence Services Command And Staff College, Mirpur and National Defence College, India.

History of Gilgit–Baltistan

From 1947 to 1970, Gilgit–Baltistan was administered as part of Azad Kashmir.

Gilgit Baltistan borders Azad Kashmir to the southwest, the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north and northeast and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast.

The Pakistani parts of Kashmir to the north and west of the cease-fire line established at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, or the Line of Control as it later came to be called, were divided into the Northern Areas (72,971 km²) in the north and the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir (13,297 km²) in the south.

Kotli

Like many Azad Kashmiris (Poonch valley - a region found in the Jammu part of Jammu and Kashmir) living in the fringes of the Mangla Dam in Mirpur, emigration fever took hold of the surrounding country from the mid 1950s onwards.

Majhoi

Majhoi is a village situated beside Srinagar Road 17 kilometers away from the capital of State of Azad Jammu Kashmir.

Martyred Intellectuals Day

Renowned academics, teachers, litterateurs, doctors, engineers, journalists and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their houses blindfolded and were killed before dumping the bodies in Rayerbazar, Mirpur and other killing grounds in Dhaka just two days ahead of the final victory of Bangladesh's liberation war.

Mirpur District

Mirpur District is located in southwestern Kashmir, and west of the Jammu province.

Mirpur Khas

Askhia Progressive Public High School has three campuses at different locations in the city, affiliated with BISE Mirpur Khas.

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College, Mirpur Azad Kashmir

Late premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto first announced the opening of the medical college at Mirpur in 1976; however it could not be materialized.

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College, or MBBS Medical College, Mirpur Azad Kashmir is one of the first two public sector medical colleges in Azad Kashmir.

The institution is located in an improvised built Campus in Mirpur; a beautiful city in the south of the State, situated at the bank of Mangla Dam.

Murree Tehsil

Between Dhanyals, they have seven or eight offshoots of the tribe living in Hazara, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Bagh Azad Kashmir, Sialkot, Chakwal, Multan and other parts of Pakistan.

Pothohari

Pothohari dialect (Potwari), a dialect of Punjabi spoken widely by the population of the Potohar Plateau and Mirpur in neighbouring Azad Kashmir

Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore

Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore (d. 16 JUne 1999) was the third Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir from 29 June 1990 to 5 July 1991.

Raja Sehns Pal Khan

The Potohar plateau was at this time ruled by the Gakhar king Mang Khan Gakhar whose territory included the areas of Chana, Bhaneer and Choomukh (nowadays known as Mirpur) as well as the areas beyond and into the mountains of Kashmir.

Rani Taj

In an interview with the BBC Asian Network, she states that both of her parents were born in Mirpur, Pakistan.

Saira Khan

In 1965 Saira's parents emigrated from the city of Rawalakot in Azad Kashmir to England.

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan

Born in Hurnamera, a village of District Poonch of Kashmir, Sardar Ibrahim obtained his LLB from the University of London in 1943, and began his practice as a prosecutor in 1943 at Mirpur.

Sher Ahmed Khan

Sardar Sher Ahmed Khan, also known as Colonel Sher Ahmed Khan, born on 1902 at Pallandri, Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, (Now in Sudhnuti, Azad Kashmir), was one of the guerrilla commanders of the Azad Kashmir Movement and also served as the President of Azad Kashmir.

Subri Lake

Subri Lake, also known as Langarpura Lake, is located 10 km Southeast of Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2009

27 December:- At least 15 people, including mourners and policemen, were killed and over 100 injured when a suicide bomber ripped through a Muharram procession near an imambargah in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir on Sunday as another explosion near a Muharram procession near Orangi Town in Karachi injured 35 people.


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