Maira Begwal

Maira Begwal or Maira Bhagwal [Urdu: میرہ بھگوال] is a village located on Simly Dam Road in the Zone-IV, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan and administered by Phulgran Union Council.

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.

Farmhouses

Maira Begwal encompasses the following farmhouse schemes;

Pakistan Naval Farms
ANZA Zephyr Dale PHASE-1
Chisti Farms

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 Union Council Bhara Kahu.

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]

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