Maira Begwal
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.[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 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]
See also
- Islamabad Union Councils
- Developments in Islamabad
- Union councils of Pakistan
- Pind Begwal
- Siwerah Village
- Jagiot Village
- Malot Village
- Bain Nala Village
- Darmiyana Mohallah
References
- ^ a b "404 Error - Page Not Found". www.worldbank.org. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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: Cite uses generic title (help)[dead link] - ^ "PM to inaugurate AIOU's Model Polytechnic Institute in Islamabad : Pakistan News Network". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Neglected and vandalised: Polytechnic institute to open in Mera Begwal college". 27 November 2013.
- ^ "AIOU's Model Polytechnic Institute at Mehra Bagwal, Behara Kahu to inaugurate soon – independent.com.pk". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "GTA-2013 " E-village Project of Pakistan... Telecentre Initiative " - Telecentre.org Online Community". community.telecentre.org. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Mera Bagwal Multi-purpose Computer Telecentre- a place for "un-served and under-served" in rural Pakistan - Telecentre.org Online Community". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "E-Village Community Service Project in collaboration with TABA". www.nust.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
- ^ "E-Village". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
External links
- Capital Development Authority
- Unauthorized Housing Schemes in Islamabad
- E-Village Community Service Project
- Allama Iqbal Open University
- Capital Administration and Development Division
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