What is Mirpur District?
[[Image:Pakistan - Azad Kashmir - Mirpur.svg|thumb]] '''Mirpur District''' ({{lang-ur|ضلع میرپور}}) is a district in [[Pakistan]]'s [[Azad Kashmir]] Liberated Territory. The district is named after the main city - [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]]. The District of Mirpur comprises mostly plain and some hilly areas. Its hot and dry climate and other geographical conditions closely resemble those of [[Jhelum]] and [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]], the adjoining [[Districts of Pakistan]]. ==Administration== Mirpur District is now located in the south west of the Kashmir region. Azad Jammu & Kashmir is administered by Pakistan from [[Islamabad]]. Azad Kashmir has been considered politically, constitutionally and geographically as part of a separate state, i.e. [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. This state is a disputed territory and has been controlled by both Pakistan and India, since their independence, 14 / 15th August 1947, respectively. Azad Kashmir is under the indirect control of Pakistan, however its defence, foreign policy and currency are under the direct control of Pakistan. Consequently, fiscal issues, i.e. budget and tax affairs have been dealt with by the 'Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council', instead of the Central Board of Revenue. Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council is a supreme body, consisting of 11 members - 6 of these members are from the Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and 5 members are from the Government of Pakistan. Also its chairman / chief executive is always the President of Pakistan. Hence, the rest of members are Azad Kashmir's own Prime Minister and President and some ministers, (also note that Azad Kashmir has its own president, prime minister and legislative assembly also supreme-court and high-court & other departments). The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) is responsible for tax affairs of rest of all Pakistani territory, i.e. all four provinces and the capital, Islamabad. ==Emigration== People from this former Punjab region now known as Azad Kashmir are ethnic Pahari who have historically looked abroad for