7:45pm Wednesday 20th May 2009 The founder of an international charity who left his business in Bradford to help orphans in Kashmir has returned
to his hometown for a fundraising event on Saturday. Mohammed Akhtar left his Bradford business and moved to Mirpur, along with his wife and daughter, to build an educational complex for 1,000 children, orphaned by an earthquake in Kashmir in 2005. He returned to Bradford this weekend to attend the Caring Bradford fundraising gala at the Hilton Hotel to raise money for Kashmir Orphans Relief Trust and Marie Curie Cancer Care. Mr Akhtar started visiting the country in October, 2005, the month the earthquake occurred. He said: