In what should be a major source of concern for the government, another jobless teenager tried to commit self-immolation outside the Parliament House on Tuesday.
He was protesting against unemployment.
The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when a teenager, Muhammad Jamil, tried to end his life by setting his body on fire, just yards away from the place where some days ago 23-year-old Raja Khan set himself ablaze for the same cause. Later, Khan died at a hospital.
This time, however, the policemen present on the scene managed to save life of the frustrated youth by foiling his suicide attempt.
Jamil, a resident of Abbottabad, said he had four sisters to feed but despite his best efforts he was still unsuccessful in getting a job to run his household. The police arrested the youth.
On Wednesday, the Secretariat area police produced him in the court of a civil judge and judicial magistrate, Liaqat Ali Kharal, who released him on bail.
Commenting on this fresh suicide attempt by a jobless citizen, Senator Nilophar Bakhtiar, who had raised the issue of Raja Khan’s suicide in the Senate, said the situation was worsening everyday, but the policymakers were still not paying any heed to the issue.
“People trying to end their lives outside the Parliament want to convey a message to their representatives, which is still unanswered and unheeded,” she said.
She said around 1,600 people had committed suicides during the last one year, which must be a matter of serious concern for the government.
