LAHORE – A young man committed suicide by swallowing poisonous pills in Shahdara Police precincts on Friday. Police said that Nawazish Ali (24), a resident of Shahdara Town, locked himself in his room and took poisonous pills after his parents refused to marry him to his neighbour, whom he loved. His brother broke into the locked room to find Nawazish dead.
In another incident, Zain Bukhari (28), resident of Mumtaz Cinema Millat Park, shot himself in Millat Park Police limits on Friday. According to Zain’s brother, the deceased was under mental stress due to his disputes with his wife who left him with their one-year old child about a month ago. Police took the body for an autopsy.
Found dead: An unidentified dead man was in Shafiqabad Police precincts during early hours of Friday. The actual reason of death is unknown though police investigators speculate that the man died after in taking high dosage of drugs. Later the body was shifted to the morgue for an autopsy.