Dam |
Details |
Tarbela Dam |
Indus River, Haripur (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) — Built in 1976. Largest dam in Pakistan by volume. Purposes: Hydropower, irrigation, flood control. |
Mangla Dam |
Jhelum River, Mirpur (Azad Kashmir) — Built in 1967. Second largest by water storage. Purposes: Hydropower, irrigation. |
Warsak Dam |
Kabul River, Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) — Built in 1960. Purposes: Irrigation, hydropower. |
Diamer-Bhasha Dam |
Indus River, Gilgit-Baltistan & KPK — Under construction. Will be the world’s tallest RCC dam. Purposes: Power generation, water storage, flood control. |
Hub Dam |
Hub River, Karachi & Lasbela — Built in 1981. Supplies water to Karachi. Purposes: Water supply, irrigation. |
Mirani Dam |
Dasht River, Turbat (Balochistan) — Built in 2006. Largest flood protection dam in Balochistan. Purposes: Irrigation, drinking water. |
Sabakzai Dam |
Zhob River, Balochistan — Built in 2007. Purposes: Irrigation, water storage. |
Neelum–Jhelum Dam |
Neelum River, Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir) — Completed in 2018. Underground hydropower project. |