Woman attempts to drown herself, daughters

Gulnaz jumped into a canal with her young daughters, people present nearby saved the three individuals.

HAFIZABAD: A woman who attempted to commit suicide along with her two daughters because of poverty, has been saved in the hospital.

However, one of her daughters is in critical condition according to hospital sources.

Gulnaz was a resident of Thatha Maan area near Hafizabad, Punjab.

She jumped into Jhang branch canal along with her daughters, two-year-old Javaria and four-year-old Saira. People present near the canal saved them in time and took them to the hospital.

Gulnaz's husband claims his wife attempted to commit suicide, because she is "abnormal".

Last month a woman committed suicide by taking poisonous pills after making her five children drink poisoned milk in Chenab Nagar, Chiniot, over a brawl with her husband over his non-payment of the children's school fees.

Experts say the hike in suicidal incidents in the country is an alarming phenomenon and blamed the rampant non-tolerance in the society as the main reason.