Suicide: 18-year-old girl hangs herself

FAISALABAD: A young girl committed suicide in the Sargodha Road police station precincts on Wednesday. According to police officials, Muslim Town resident 18-year-old Ulfat hanged herself with her dupatta after a quarrel with her family. Ulfat’s father Niaz told police that she was upset over her upcoming engagement to her cousin and had been arguing with her parents over the issue. Police officials handed over her body to her relatives after completing legal formalities and have declared the incident a suicide based on the autopsy report.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 20^th, 2011.