The Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant is a run-of-the-river project located near the town of Besham in the Shangla District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

[1][2] The total electricity generation capacity of the Khan Khwar project is 72 megawatts (97,000 hp).

[4] These turbines are manufactured by the Dongfang Electric Machinery Co. Ltd.[5] The project was completed by the technical assistance of Chinese corporations (Sinohydro Corporation via a consortium with China Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Co. Ltd).

The power house commenced commercial operations in November, 2010.

The project was officially inaugurated on the 14 July, 2012, by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf.