Suicide: Man shoots self after family fight

When he wasn’t given the motorcycle key, Zaman went to his room and shot himself.

KATCHA KHO: A man committed suicide after his mother refused to give him the motorcycle key on Tuesday. According to police officials, Tibba Muhammadpur resident, 20-year-old Qamar Zaman, asked his mother for the motorcycle key because he wanted to visit his friends but she refused. When he wasn’t given the key, Zaman went to his room and shot himself. Zaman was rushed to the THQ hospital in critical condition but died on the way. His parents told police officials that they had refused him because they disapproved of his friends and wanted him to stay home on Eid. Police officials have sent the body for an autopsy.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2011.