PESHAWAR, Oct 7: A Pakistani court here today rejected a writ petition against declaring the ancestral house of legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar as national heritage.
The house is located in Mohallah Khudadad area in Peshawar where the 92-year-old actor was born and spent his early formative years.
The Peshawar High Court yesterday summoned the secretary of the culture and archaeology department of Khyber Pakhtukhwa (KP) to appear before it and explain if the government was still interested in acquiring the house.
The court comprising Justice Nisar Hussain and Justice Rohul Amin was hearing the writ petition filed by local trader Lal Muhammad through his counsel Shahnawaz Khan. The trader claimed that the property belonged to him.
A representative of the KP culture department appeared in the court today and informed that the provincial archives department has already taken the custody of the house of Kumar’s in Mohallah Khuddadad on the back of historic Qissa Khwani bazar and proper notification has already been issued by the KP Government.
The notification of the KP Government stated that no one is allowed to make any alteration in the said house nor could sell it out to anyone. (PTI)
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