What is Chakswari?
{{more footnotes|date=October 2024}} {{complex|date=September 2024}} '''Chakswari''' ([[Urdu]]: {{nastaliq|چکسواری}}), also known as '''Chaksawari''', is an area in the [[Mirpur District]] of [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]]. It comprises 15 [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union councils]] including the [[Islamgarh]] Municipal Committee. Amongst the primary affectees from the raising of the [[Mangla Dam]] project were inhabitants of Chakswari and Islamgarh. Chakswari is 26 miles or 41.84&nbsp;km from [[Mirpur, Pakistan|Mirpur]]. The political constituency code for Chakswari and Islamgarh is LA-2. Chakswari had always been an important trunk road to and from Mirpur city. Pre-Mangla Dam the Old Mirpur City now submerged under the Mangla Dam was a stone throw away from Chakswari. Naturally, all major hub towns tend to be bustling with traffic and subsequently economic and commercial activity. Chakswari was no different and remains a buzz with a activity and is a major economic and commercial hub outside Mirpur city even today. Chakswari comprises of many villages that bordera the Mangla Dam and surround the bustling Chakswari bazaar. A major city attributed to the state of Mirpur, it remains a major trunk road to travellers and traders to Dadyal, Kotli from and to Mirpur and Bhimber. Chakswari Bazaar is a major economy in the region and today you can find all modern amenities one would expect in any major city in Pakistan. Main Source of income of Chakswari, Azad Kashmir is investment via respected overseas Kashmiri's who have moved to UK in the 60s and consecutive years to date. They have created well established communities in Bradford, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Dewsbury, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and a small number in towns around Greater Manchester and found in the South of England in Luton, Oxford and Rachyal family in London. People of Chakswari are very entrepreneurial in spirit but also hard working who initially worked in British manufacturing and textiles industries. By the time of