Lake is a picnic spot, boats can be hired by the visitors to have a tour of the Tarbela Lake, these can be seen standing at the sides when reached by road from Haripur. Also local people use them to get to the villages at the mountains for fishing and hunting. Overview
Khalabat Township was established in the north-east of the district Haripur between haripur city and Tarbella Lake when over 135 villages with 96,000 peoples came underwater due to the construction of Tarbela dam. Residential construction started in 1974 although the township was constructed according to an urban plan prepared by WAPADA, actually lay out design of Khalabat township is similar to sectors of Islamabad but faulty planning has resulted in total mismanagement of the scheme. Some of the resident are the richest people in the northern Pakistan due to their involvement in illegal activities of smuggling of drugs and timber through Tarbela Lake. The inhabitants of Khalabat Town are faced with unemployment, unchecked flow of narcotics, Crimes and absence of civic amenities. Khalabat Township has lot of Chowk and speed breaks, In all together there are almost 168 speed breaker in KTS. On entering Khalabat Township there is Chunge (Toll Plaza) after passing through the Toll Plaza the first Chowk is known as Babu chowk, the most famous chowk of KTS is Chandni Chowk. Main locations points are Chandni Chowk, Babu Chowk, Main Chowk, Pakhral Chowk, Darri Chowk, Uthman Chowk, Tanoli Chowk and Anora Moorr. Main Chowk is the most busiest in town for shopping as shops which sell clothes, shoe, jewellery, hardware, furniture, fast food ,cold spots etc. A Civil Hospital has also been established in KTS. There are number of villages around Khalabat Township, some of them are Qazian, Jaamah, Padhana, Basira, Karpehan, Dobandi, Nakka, Malikyar, Chohar, Momiya, Khewa etc
