Legendary overdue actor Dilip Kumar's ancestral domestic in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a national heritage, is sort of on the verge of disintegrate after being severely damaged in the recent rains, an reliable has saidThe torrential rains completely uncovered tall claims of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Archive Department approximately the rehabilitation and upkeep of the residence.

Kumar become born in 1922 within the house, placed in Mohallah Khudadad at the back side of ancient Qissa Khwani Bazar in Peshawar city, and spent his preliminary 12 years here earlier than leaving for India in 1932.

The residence become declared Pakistan's countrywide historical past monument on July thirteen, 2014, by then-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Kumar had visited his residence as soon as and sentimentally kissed the soil.

Shakeel Waheedullah Khan, Secretary of Heritage Council KPK province, stated the recent rains in Peshawar badly broken the house of Kumar.

Despite pledging such a lot of offers by the preceding KPK authorities, not a single penny has been spent on this countrywide history to guard and hold it, he stated on the assets that turned into built in 1880.

The assets being so old, its reservation is the duty of the government, he stated.

The neighborhood socio-political circles have expressed grave concern over the mindset of the archive branch to prevent the countrywide asset from collapsing.

The claims of the Department of Archive remained confined to press statements as at the floor no steps had been taken to prevent the country wide background from natural calamity, they are saying.

Tourists travelling the residence from the world over have become dissatisfied after seeing the dilapidated circumstance of the historical asset.

Muhammad Ali Mir, who changed into searching after the house before it become taken over with the aid of the Archive Department, said he became well looking after it with super care.

The condition of the residence started deteriorating after it was taken over by way of the Archive Department and its rehab and renovation procedure remained limited to news statements.

Today the assets has become a ghost house.

"Kumar had terrific love and recognize for the human beings of Peshawar and, regrettably, our department could do nothing to defend his residence from being collapsed," he said.The actor, who died on July 7, 2021, in Mumbai on the age of 98, had usually held the metropolis of Peshawar close to his heart and might reminisce approximately his formative years reminiscences.

He become awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest civilian honour, in 1997.