Tarbela Dam is the largest hydroelectric generation project in
Pakistan, producing 3,495 megawatts of electricity accounting for 40 percent of
the Water and Power Development Authority's total power output as of 1980. Topi
along with three other villages i.e. Kotha, Maini and Batakara constitute the
area known as "Uthman". Uthman is the branch of the famous Yousafzai
tribe. The town of Topi became well known after the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute
of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), named after (Ghulam Ishaq Khan),
a former President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, was established here in
1993.
