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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…

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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9th Class Student Commits Suicide Over Exam Failure

LAHORE: A 17-year-old schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by taking poisonous pills in Guldasht Town on August 21. The deceased was identified as Minahil, a resident of ChungiDogaij, Guldasht Town. Minahil, a ninth-grade student, went into severe depression after failing her examinations. In a state of despair, she consumed poisonous pills,…
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Girl Distressed By Matric Result Ends Life In Dir

LOWER DIR: A 15-year-old girl purportedly distressed by her matric exam result took her own life in the Gandigar Payeen area of Upper Dir the other day. According to police, the student, identified as Anmol, had secured 1010 marks out of 1200 in the recently announced SSC results by Malakand…
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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…
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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…
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Muzaffargarh Girl Dies By Suicide After Alleged Sexual Assault

A 17-year-old girl died by suicide after she was allegedly raped and impregnated in Punjab’s Muzaffargarh, police said on April 13. According to a first information report (FIR) dated April 12, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the girl had informed her father and elder sister that her uncle…
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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…
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‘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…
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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.…
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