Peshawar college student 'commits suicide' over low grades

The deceased was a resident of Parachinar and was living in a private hostel

PESHAWAR: A college student was found dead inside his hostel room in Peshawar on Wednesday.

The youth, identified as Zeeshan, was enrolled in Edwardes College. According to the bereaved family, the boy was upset over attaining low grades in his first year exams. Initial reports suggest Zeeshan took his own life.

The deceased was a resident of Parachinar and had been living in a private hostel.



Back on July 16, a 30-year-old doctor was found dead in his hostel room under mysterious circumstances in the city. Ehsanullah, a native of Tank district served as a trainee doctor at the Lady Reading Hospital's ophthalmology department.

Initial reports suggest that the doctor died of a cardiac arrest. The body was shifted to Khyber Medical College.