Lawyer attempts suicide outside SC registry
Police arrest Advocate Muhammad Bilal after he poured petrol over him and tried to end his life
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LAHORE:
Police arrested a lawyer after he attempted suicide outside Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Saturday for not being appointed as a prosecutor.
MQM-P lawmaker admitted to hospital after attempted suicide
Police said Advocate Muhammad Bilal poured petrol over him and tried to end his life as he was distraught for not being appointed as a district prosecutor despite having proper qualifications.
He claimed that he fulfilled the required qualifications for the post.
“I have been working hard and fulfilled all requirements but despite that, I was rejected. I tried to kill myself as I had no option. I want justice.”
Later, lawyers took him to Anarkali police station where an FIR was registered against him under Section 325,511 of Pakistan Penal Code.
Women in distress : 550 women attempt suicide a year: PIMS
A police official said that lawyers reached there to help him and then they produced him before the magisterial court where he was granted bail.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2018.
Police arrested a lawyer after he attempted suicide outside Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Saturday for not being appointed as a prosecutor.
MQM-P lawmaker admitted to hospital after attempted suicide
Police said Advocate Muhammad Bilal poured petrol over him and tried to end his life as he was distraught for not being appointed as a district prosecutor despite having proper qualifications.
He claimed that he fulfilled the required qualifications for the post.
“I have been working hard and fulfilled all requirements but despite that, I was rejected. I tried to kill myself as I had no option. I want justice.”
Later, lawyers took him to Anarkali police station where an FIR was registered against him under Section 325,511 of Pakistan Penal Code.
Women in distress : 550 women attempt suicide a year: PIMS
A police official said that lawyers reached there to help him and then they produced him before the magisterial court where he was granted bail.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2018.