Depression: Young man commits suicide

ISLAMABAD: A young man committed suicide in Sihala area on Thursday. Muhammad Salim, 22, a resident of Baghan Village, on the outskirt of Sihala, committed suicide by handing himself with a rope tied to the ceiling of his room, the police sources said. The deceased was shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). The body was handed over to the family after autopsy. The grieving mother told the police that Saleem had been jobless and was depressed because of the abject poverty of his family.



Published in The Express Tribune, July 23^rd, 2011.