Unbreakable bond: Pre-teen attempts suicide

GUJRAT: An 11-year-old boy swallowed poisonous pills on Sunday after he argued with his father over sale of his pet goats. According to police, the boy, a resident of Bagh Bawa, had become very attached to the goats that his father brought during the months leading upto Eid. A pair of goats were kept at his home which the boy tended to regularly.  They said the child became very depressed after his father sold the goats a few days before Eid. On Sunday, he argued with his father over the sale, saying he should not have sold his goats. He locked himself in his room and was found in an unconscious condition a few hours later. His family took him to Aziz Bhatti Hospital, where doctors later said his condition was critical.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 27^th, 2014.