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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…

Muzaffargarh Girl Dies By Suicide After Alleged Sexual Assault

A 17-year-old girl died by suicide after she was allegedly raped and…

Cyber Shaming Drives Teen To Suicide; Police Arrest Three

KARACHI: Cyberbullying is increasingly turning into a societal menace, and the phenomenon…

Dejected Girl, Boy Commit Suicide

Factory Area police conducted raids and arrested the suspect. A case was registered and an investigation was under way DIJKOT: A 17-year-old girl ended her life by hanging herself after her family refused her wish for a love marriage. The incident took place in Chak No. 243RB, within the jurisdiction…

12-year-old Found Hanging From Her Dupatta

Police doubt suicide claim by family KARACHI: A 12-year-old girl was found dead hanging from a duppata at the home of her paternal uncle in Surjani Town. According to rescue officials, the deceased has been identified as Mehak Dastgir. The body has been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem…

Schoolgirl Ends Life After Harassment

Teen’s final video reveals teacher’s threats; FIR registered LODHRAN: A 10th-grade student reportedly took her own life after alleged harassment, blackmail and threats by her schoolteacher in the Gogran area of Lodhran. As per the FIR registered under Section 316 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Qureshiwala Police Station, the…

Girl, Mother Die By Suicide In Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: A girl and her mother allegedly died by suicide inside their house in Asgharkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on 9th March, the police said. They said the incident occurred in the limits of Shahbazkhel police station. They said the bodies were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital…

‘Blackmailed’ Girl Dies By Suicide

NAWABSHAH: A girl, a student of class-VII allegedly killed herself in her home in Tando Adam town on 3rd November. Her body was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room. Her mother said that her daughter had been under immense mental stress due to being blackmailed by a…

Woman Kills Daughter, Commits Suicide

HYDERABAD: A woman allegedly killed her teenage daughter before committing suicide at her residence located near Nara Jail in Hyderabad on 13 September 2024. The SHO SITE police station Imran Rasheed Shaikh told the media that initial investigations suggest that the deceased 45-year-old Bakhtawar gave sleep-inducing pills to her daughter.…

Teen Sisters Found Hanging From Tree

The family says Nilan, 18, and Marwan, 16, had left home late at night, found dead in the morning MITHI: It was a horrid sight for the farmers going out in the field at dusk to find two young women hanging on separate branches of a tree in the poverty-hit…

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