Self-Immolation: Man dies after six days
Khalid Mehmood, a 45-year-old, set himself ablaze because he could not pay back the hefty amount he borrowed.
KARACHI:
The man who attempted self-immolation outside the Karachi Press Club on June 6 died at the Burns Centre of the civil hospital on Tuesday. Khalid Mehmood, a 45-year-old, set himself ablaze because he could not pay back the hefty amount he borrowed from his friends. Dr Ahmer said that doctors tried their best to save his life but failed as he suffered 97 per cent burns. The deceased left behind a wife and six children.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2012.
The man who attempted self-immolation outside the Karachi Press Club on June 6 died at the Burns Centre of the civil hospital on Tuesday. Khalid Mehmood, a 45-year-old, set himself ablaze because he could not pay back the hefty amount he borrowed from his friends. Dr Ahmer said that doctors tried their best to save his life but failed as he suffered 97 per cent burns. The deceased left behind a wife and six children.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2012.