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.
