The Mirpuri community has made significant economic progress over the years . In almost all the major UK cities there is a sizeable Mirpuri business community which owns take aways , restaurants , shops and taxi bases to small and medium-sized manufacturing units , legal and financial firms . On the other hand , after the economic hardships faced by the first generation Mirpuri immigrants , their third and fourth generations are moving fast in the new fields of science , technology , arts and social sciences with higher number of youth taking admissions in different universities . The Mirpuri expatriate community has made notable progress in UK politics and a sizeable number of MPs , councillors , lord mayors and deputy mayors are representing the community in different constituencies . The 2005 Kashmir earthquake caused widespread losses in Azad Kashmir , affecting many British Pakistanis
2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
British Pakistanis