Cruel Irony: Teen attempts suicide

NAUDERO: While the world was observing World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday, a young girl tried to end her life here. Sixteen-year-old GK drank a head-lice killing drug in an attempt to get away from domestic violence in Phulpoto village. She was first rushed to a rural health centre and then to Chandka Medical College Hospital in Larkana.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2011.