Mirpuri is a dialect of the Pahari-Pothwari language. It is spoken in the Mirpur district in Azad Kashmir, to the east of where the Pothwari varient of the language is spoken. Mirpuri is more like Pothwari than Pahari and also shares some features with Punjabi.
atif ali said: "Little Pakistan" is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Pakistanis or people of Pakistani ancestry (overseas Pakistani), usually in an urban neighborhood.
The 1947 Mirpur Massacre was the killing of thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees in Mirpur of today's Azad Kashmir, by armed Pashtun tribesmen and local armed Muslims during the First Kashmir War. It followed the occupation of Mirpur by the raiders on 25 November 1947.
Hindko is a minor language of Pakistan which is mainly spoken on the fringes of the Punjab, it is given a space in this map.
Population distribution
| Region | Number of British Pakistanis | Percentage of total British Pakistani population |
|---|
| North West England | 189,436 | 16.12% |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 225,892 | 19.23% |
| East Midlands | 48,940 | 4.17% |
| West Midlands | 227,248 | 19.34% |
Most residents of the region are not ethnic Kashmiris. Rather, the majority of people in Azad Kashmir are Pahari people, who are ethnically related to Punjabis.
Mirpur is thus sometimes known as "Little England".
The Mirpur District has a population of 456,200 and covers an area of 1,010 km2 (390 sq mi). The district is mainly mountainous with some plains.
The Jat people ((Punjabi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəʈËᵊ]), (Hindi pronunciation: [dÍ¡Ê’aËʈ]))) are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan.
Under this Sino-Pakistan Agreement, Pakistani control to a part of northern Kashmir was recognized by China. For Pakistan, which had border disputes on its eastern and western borders, the agreement provided relief by securing its northern border from any future contest.
Siraiki language, Siraiki also spelled Saraiki or Seraiki, Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan. The Siraiki-speaking region spreads across the southwestern districts of Punjab province, extending into adjacent regions of the neighbouring provinces of Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Cities with large concentrations of Mirpuris are Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham, Leeds and Luton. Today, there are an estimated 700,000 people from Azad Kashmir residing in the UK. Mirpur was considered a conservative district in the 1960s.
