Maira Begwal

Maira Begwal [Urdu: میرا بیگوال] is a village located on Simly Dam Road in the Zone-IV, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan and administered by Pind Begwal Union Council. Its geographical coordinates 33.74 N,73.25 E and its original name (with diacritics) is Maira Begwal.[1]

A hillside village with picturesque landscapes, Maira Begwal is home to approximately 2000 residents with most of them employed in either agricultural farming or small family-owned businesses around the village. Also a big number is providing their services outside the country in all over the world.

Farmhouses

Maira Begwal encompasses the following farmhouse schemes;

  • Pakistan Naval Farms
  • ANZA Zephyr Dale

Note: Generally the land ownership registration[1] and transfer process is achieved through Registry (Intiqal) with Land Registrar (Tehsildar) Islamabad through Village accountant (Patwari) for the respective Union Council.

Development
  • A model Polytechnic Institute[2] is being established by the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) with collaboration of Capital Administration and Development Division.[3] AIOU will introduce Diploma, Associate Diploma Courses in various disciplines and other skilled and job-oriented programmes.[4]
  • Under "E-Village Project of Pakistan", Multi-purpose Computer Telecentre (MCT) was established during May 2009 as a Not-for-profit project.[5] With the support of Universal Service Fund,[6] Maira Begwal became the first E-Village in Pakistan having Broadband Internet provided by Nayatel Islamabad enabling Internet access to the rural population of the entire area.

Events
  • On 8 March 2014 on the occasion of International Women’s Day, NUST Community Service Club (NCSC) team visited the E-village facilities in Maira Begwal for the Fundraiser in collaboration with TABA Youth Chapter and E-village coordinators.[7] E-Village is a Non-governmental organization (NGO), working for Empowerment through ICT's in Pakistan.[8]

See also

References
  1. http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/pakistan/sub/islamabad/topic/registering-property
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://tribune.com.pk/story/638012/neglected-and-vandalised-polytechnic-institute-to-open-in-mera-begwal-college/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://community.telecentre.org/xn/detail/2086278:BlogPost:155136
  6. http://community.telecentre.org/xn/detail/2086278:BlogPost:208487
  7. http://www.nust.edu.pk/News/Pages/E-Village-Community-Service-Project-in-collaboration-with-TABA-.aspx
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
         9. https://www.facebook.com/groups/MairaBegwal/


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