Remittances to Azad Kashmir

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Remittances to Azad Kashmir are money transfers from Azad Kashmiri diaspora employed outside the territory to family, friends or relatives residing in Azad Kashmir. [1] [2]

Wire transfer, bank transfer or credit transfer is a method of electronic funds transfer from one person or entity to another. A wire transfer can be made from one bank account to another bank account or through a transfer of cash at a cash office.

The Azad Kashmiri diaspora is the people who migrated out of Azad Kashmir to other areas and countries as well as their descendants.

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References

  1. ↑ Subohi, Afshan (23 February 2009). "Workers` remittances build a new city".
  2. ↑ "Brexit may hit AJK economic ties with Britain - The Express Tribune". 29 October 2017.
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