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.
Maira Begwal encompasses the following farmhouse schemes;
Pakistan Naval Farms
ANZA Zephyr Dale
Note: Generally the land ownership registration and transfer process is achieved through Registry (Intiqal) with Land Registrar (Tehsildar) Islamabad through Village accountant (Patwari) for the respective Union Council.
A model Polytechnic Institute is being established by the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) with collaboration of Capital Administration and Development Division. AIOU will introduce Diploma, Associate Diploma Courses in various disciplines and other skilled and job-oriented programmes.
Under "E-Village Project of Pakistan", Multi-purpose Computer Telecentre (MCT) was established during May 2009 as a Not-for-profit project. With the support of Universal Service Fund, 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.
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. E-Village is a Non-governmental organization (NGO), working for Empowerment through ICT's in Pakistan.
