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]