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Spike in suicides in Pakistan

THIS is with reference to the report `Man kills wife, three kids before committing suicide` (Jan 23). According to a survey, between 15 and 35 individuals take their own lives in Pakistan every day. Shockingly, Pakistan is ranked 72nd globally, with a suicide mortality rate of 9.8 per 100,000 population. What is even more concerning is the year-on-year increase in…

Mystery Shrouds Mansehra Schoolgirl’s Death On Campus

MANSEHRA: As mystery surrounded a schoolgirl’s death on campus in the Hilkot area here on 22nd March, the police began an investigation. “We’re trying to ascertain what exactly happened to the girl,” additional SHO of the Battal police station Shujaat Hussain Shah told reporters. He said the body was shifted…

Woman Attempts Suicide Along With Minor Children

LAHORE: The Dolphin Force claimed to have rescued a woman and her children after she climbed on top of a minaret of a mosque in Raiwind area to commit suicide. As per reports, Allah Bakshi took the extreme step due to financial strains she had been facing for the last…
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16-year-old Girl dies by Suicide

KARACHI: A teenage girl took her own life in her Orangi Town home on Feb 13, police said. Pakistan Bazaar SHO Imam Bux Lashari said that 16-year-old Neha had lost her interest in studying. Her mother and brothers scolded her for not going to school. In the early morning, she…
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Two Teenagers Found Dead Hanging From Tree

KHUZDAR: The bodies of two teenagers were found hanging from a tree in the Uthal area of Lasbela district on February 4 in what police believe to be an suicide related to a marriage dispute. Police identified the victims as an 18-year-old boy, Neelo, and a 17-year-old girl, Paro. Both…
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Woman, Three Children Found Hanging in Karachi Home; Husband Detained

KARACHI: A woman and three children were found hanging inside their home near Gunah Mandi in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area on December 27, police said. The woman’s husband was taken into custody for questioning. Police identified the deceased as 35-year-old Fatima, 11-year-old Sonam, 3-year-old Arzoo and 2-year-old Arman. Fatima and…
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Court Acquits ‘Rapist’, Victim Sets Herself Ablaze

KASUR: A rape victim attempted self-immolation by sprinkling petrol on her body after a local court acquitted the rape accused on December 5. As per details, a policeman allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in Baga Hithar village, in the limits of the Ganda Singh Police Station, in 2022. Two female…
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Man Commits Suicide Along with Minor Daughter

SARGODHA: A man committed suicide along with his baby girl by jumping into Lower Jhelum Canal in Phularwan area, here on December 5 for some domestic reasons. Rescue 1122 sources said that a man, identified as Irtaza Nasar (35), along with his baby daughter, Hudeeba, committed suicide. Upon receiving the…
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Teenage Boy Dies by ‘Suicide’

KARACHI: A teenage boy died by suicide in a Saddar locality on November 14, police said. Preedy SHO Ayub Mirani said that Shoaib, 16, ended his own life by shooting himself at his home on Akbar Road near DC Street. He said the parents of the boy had gone to…
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Teen Domestic Worker Found Dead

LAHORE: A 15-year-old domestic worker died under mysterious circumstances at the house of a police official in Kahna. Local police officials said they were awaiting the medico-legal report before deciding their course of action in the case. The girl, was found hanging in the residence of Sub-Inspector Najaf Bhatti on…
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