History of Khalabat

 Residential construction started in 1974, inhabitants of KTS are affectee of Tarbela Dam, about 82,000 acres (330 km²) land was acquired for its construction. The large reservoir of the dam submerged 135 villages, which resulted in displacement of a population of about 96,000 people from the richest green valley of the area, Effectees of Tarbella Dam resides in Khalabat Township, Kangra Colony (in Haripur on Hattar Road), Punjab and Sindh provinces.

The town was named after the village Khalabat which had submerged in the Tarbela lake. Majority of the people in Khalabat village were Pathans, It was famous for citrus fruit gardens. A village by the same name inhabited by the same people also exist in Swabi District. The name Khalabat is a combination of two words 'Khala' and 'Bat'. Khala means upright and bat means stone. There was a ten feet high stone column erected in the ground of Khalabat. Famous villages that got submerged were, Tarbela, Dheeri, Khalabat, Jahar, Luqmania, Jathoo, Dari, Anorra, Laloo Gali, Thapla, Kundreala, Kiya, Khabal, Mumaiya, Pakkah Panialah etc.

The affectees were adjusted in present KTS and Kangra Colony Haripur and District Swabi. Some people were alloted land in southern Punjab and Sindh; however, only the influentials were able to take possessions and the entitlement