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4. Mr. Mohammad Iqbal, Principal, Govt Higher Secondary School, Ziarat Talash<br /> |
4. Mr. Mohammad Iqbal, Principal, Govt Higher Secondary School, Ziarat Talash<br /> |
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5. Mr. Maqsood ur Rahman, Statistician, Crop Reporting Services, NWFP<br /> |
5. Mr. Maqsood ur Rahman, Statistician, Crop Reporting Services, NWFP<br /> |
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6. Mr. Irfan Ul Haq, did his MBA from Luton University, UK, Monitoring Officer, UNO-WFP, in the earthquake affected areas.<br /> |
6. Mr. Irfan Ul Haq, did his MBA from Luton University, UK, Presently, working as Monitoring Officer, UNO-WFP, in the earthquake affected areas.<br /> |
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7. Mr. Asif Iqbal, M. Sc student, South Korea<br /> |
7. Mr. Asif Iqbal, M. Sc student, South Korea<br /> |
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8. Mr. Amir Zaib, M.Sc student, Sweden<br /> |
8. Mr. Amir Zaib, M.Sc student, Sweden<br /> |
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9. Mr. [http://www.prideofpakistan.com:8080/maincontroller?requestId=4&userId=611 Arif ur Rahman], Doctoral Student, Portugal<br /> |
9. Mr. [http://www.prideofpakistan.com:8080/maincontroller?requestId=4&userId=611 Arif ur Rahman], Doctoral Student, Portugal<br /> |
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10. Mr. Shah Khalid, Doctoral Student, Germany<br /> |
10. Mr. Shah Khalid, Doctoral Student, Germany<br /> |
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== See Also == |
== See Also == |
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Revision as of 17:20, 1 May 2008
Badwan Union Council is situated on the bank of River Swat. It is a part of Tehsil Adenzai, District Dir Lower, Province NWFP in Pakistan. It contains many small villages including Badwan Upper, Badwan Lower, Darbar, Leko, Ghwando, Torogato, Swato Banda, Ghazo etc. Its population is approximately 25,000. Image from Googel Earth
Education in Badwan
There is a boy's high school, a girl's high school and around 45 Primary schools for boys and girls. Most of the students study until Matriculation and stop because of lack of access and high cost of going to near by towns. A small number of male students go to Gulabad Degree College for Boys and University of Malakand, Chakdara. A very small number of female students go to FEF girls college, Chakdara. Currently, there is the only one female student who is doing her Bachelor of Sociology from University of Malakand.
Income Sources
Agriculture is main source of income of most of the people. Many people are also working as govt employees mostly in education sector. Most of the females are house wives though some are working in the education and health departments. Young people go to other cities like Pendi, Karachi, Muzaffarabad etc to find jobs. Some people are also working abroad in different countries like Saudi Arabia, Dubai, South Korea, Malaysia etc.
Prominent Personalities
1. Mr. Noorul Haq, currently, Secretary to the Govt of NWFP
2. Dr. Habib Ahmad, KRL, Kahota
3. Mr. Abid ur Rahman, Deputy Financial Advisor, PAF
4. Mr. Mohammad Iqbal, Principal, Govt Higher Secondary School, Ziarat Talash
5. Mr. Maqsood ur Rahman, Statistician, Crop Reporting Services, NWFP
6. Mr. Irfan Ul Haq, did his MBA from Luton University, UK, Presently, working as Monitoring Officer, UNO-WFP, in the earthquake affected areas.
7. Mr. Asif Iqbal, M. Sc student, South Korea
8. Mr. Amir Zaib, M.Sc student, Sweden
9. Mr. Arif ur Rahman, Doctoral Student, Portugal
10. Mr. Shah Khalid, Doctoral Student, Germany