Maira Begwal Explained

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

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 large number are providing their services outside the country 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 a 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 the collaboration of the Capital Administration and Development Division.^[3] AIOU will introduce Diploma and Associate Diploma Courses in various disciplines and other skilled and job-oriented programmes.^[4]
Under "E-Village Project of Pakistan", the Multi-purpose Computer Telecentre (MCT) was established in May 2009 as a Not-for-profit project.^[5] With the support of the Universal Service Fund,^[6] Maira Begwal became the first E-Village in Pakistan with 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, the 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]

External links

33.7333°N 89°W

Notes and References

Web site: 404 Error - Page Not Found . 2023-12-28 . www.worldbank.org.
Web site: PM to inaugurate AIOU's Model Polytechnic Institute in Islamabad : Pakistan News Network . 2014-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505124101/http://www.paknewsnetwork.com/%EF%BB%BFpm-to-inaugurate-aious-model-polytechnic-institute-in-islamabad/ . 5 May 2014 . dmy-all .
Web site: Neglected and vandalised: Polytechnic institute to open in Mera Begwal college. 27 November 2013.
Web site: AIOU's Model Polytechnic Institute at Mehra Bagwal, Behara Kahu to inaugurate soon – independent.com.pk . 2014-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505123237/http://independent.com.pk/aious-model-polytechnic-institute-at-mehra-bagwal-behara-kahu-to-inaugurate-soon/ . 5 May 2014 . dmy-all .
Web site: GTA-2013 " E-village Project of Pakistan... Telecentre Initiative " - Telecentre.org Online Community . community.telecentre.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505123840/http://community.telecentre.org/xn/detail/2086278:BlogPost:155136 . 2014-05-05.
Web site: Mera Bagwal Multi-purpose Computer Telecentre- a place for "un-served and under-served" in rural Pakistan - Telecentre.org Online Community . 5 May 2014 . 5 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505124932/http://community.telecentre.org/xn/detail/2086278:BlogPost:208487 . dead .
Web site: E-Village Community Service Project in collaboration with TABA . www.nust.edu.pk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505141515/http://www.nust.edu.pk/News/Pages/E-Village-Community-Service-Project-in-collaboration-with-TABA-.aspx . 2014-05-05.
Web site: E-Village . 6 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505195802/http://evillage.net.pk/ . 5 May 2014 . dead .