LOWER DIR: A man was killed when roof of his house collapsed in Makhai area of Jandol here on Tuesday, local residents said.

They identified the victim as Shafi Anwar. The residents said that the deceased was changing one of the pillars of his house when the roof caved in.

Separately, the bomb disposal squad personnel defused a live hand grenade on the roadside in Amlok Dara Talash.

The BDS personnel were informed about the device by locals. The police registered a case against unknown miscreants and started further investigations.

Also in the day, pickpockets deprived a man of Rs150,000 cash while travelling in a passenger vehicle in the jurisdiction of Ouch police station.

The police registered a case against unknown pickpockets on the complaint of the victim, Yousaf Khan, and started investigations.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party, Lower Dir secretary information Alam Zeb Advocate on Tuesday demanded of the federal government to resume flights to the Gulf States, especially to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so that overseas Pakistanis could return to their workplaces.

Talking to journalists, he said PPP would bring people onto roads if the international flights did not resume in a month. He said that thousands of overseas Pakistanis were waiting for flights to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States resumed since they had returned home after outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic last year. Correspondent