Three people committed suicide and nine attempted to end their lives in separate incidents in the district on Thursday and Friday, Police spokesman Aamir Waheed told media on Friday.
A woman from Chak 97-RB had chronic liver disease, he said. He said doctors had declared her a terminal patient. She committed suicide on Thursday by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house, he said.
A resident of Chak 72-RB Gaddian, and a resident of Bismillah Chowk Jhang Road committed suicide by swallowing poisonous pills in separate incidents following domestic disputes, he said. A resident of Muhammad Abad; a woman from Sir Syed Town; a woman from Chak 320-GB; A resident of Nishatabad; A woman from Kaleem Shaheed Colony; A man from Bawa Chak; A resident of Chak 208-RB; and a resident of Bismillah Park tried to committee suicide but were found out and taken to hospital, Waheed said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 28th, 2013.
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