Pk-4 : Candidate attempts suicide
The police were able to overpower and disarm him, but Noor jumped from the stairs.
PESHAWAR:
Police arrested Asad Noor, an independent candidate for PK-4, after he tried to take his life on Monday night in Cantonment Board Plaza, Saddar. Noor had pasted election posters on the walls of the building. When authorities tried to remove the material, he arrived enraged and armed with a pistol. He threatened police officials and tried to commit suicide. The police were able to overpower and disarm him, but Noor jumped from the stairs. He sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital where his condition is said be out of danger. “This man threatened the police, fired in the air and then tried to end his own life. An FIR has been registered against him in this connection,” said an official of the East Cantt police station.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 7th, 2013.
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